NZQA registered unit standard
Title
Identify ovine meat cuts
Level
2
Purpose
2517 version 8
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Credits
3
This pre-entry unit standard is for people who seek
employment in a meat processing plant.
People credited with this unit standard are able to identify ovine
meat cuts.
Classification
Meat Processing > Meat Processing - Core Skills
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to – Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, Animal Products Act 1999.
2
Resource documents include but are not limited to – The New Zealand Meat
Specifications Guide, available from the Beef and Lamb New Zealand website at
http://www.beeflambnz.com.
3
Definitions
Organisational requirements – instructions to staff on policies and procedures that
are documented in memo, electronic, or manual format and available in the
workplace.
Company specifications – product specifications set by the company relating to cuts,
weights, presentation, and packaging.
Customer specifications – product specifications set by clients relating to cuts,
weights, presentation, and packaging.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify ovine meat cuts.
Range
ovine cuts include but are not limited to – boneless leg, flap, leg (long cut),
saddle, carcass, shank, square cut, shoulder, part boned leg (chump on), femur
bone leg, hind shank, reformed BRN shoulder, side, 5 rib fore, part bone and
short leg, chump, boneless chump, chump off long loin, 1 rib short loin,
boneless loin, tenderloin, 7 rib rack, chined french rack, oyster shoulder, chined
french rack (cap off).
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
2517 version 8
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Evidence requirements
1.1
Ovine cuts are identified and named using The New Zealand Meat
Specifications Guide terminology.
1.2
The quality aspects of ovine cuts are identified in accordance with company and
customer specifications.
1.3
The location on an ovine carcass from which each cut is derived is identified.
1.4
The quantity of cuts per carton is identified in accordance with company and
customer specifications.
1.5
The disposition of unsuitable cuts is identified in accordance with organisational
requirements.
Planned review date
31 December 2019
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
31 January 1995
31 December 2012
Revision
2
29 September 1998
31 December 2012
Review
3
30 August 1999
31 December 2012
Revision
4
19 July 2001
31 December 2012
Review
5
21 October 2004
31 December 2012
Review
6
20 February 2009
31 December 2012
Review
7
21 July 2011
31 December 2016
Review
8
27 January 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0033
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
2517 version 8
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Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016