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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of venison grading classifications
Level
2
Credits
Purpose
4
This entry level unit standard is for people who are employed in
the slaughter and dressing department at meat processing
plants who are required to have the underpinning knowledge
for grading venison carcasses.
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe:
venison age, fat and weight classifications; and the standard
carcass trim for venison carcasses.
Classification
Meat Processing > Slaughter and Dressing
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 – Industry Agreed Standard 5
Slaughter and Dressing, available from the New Zealand Food Safety Authority
http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/industry/sectors/meat-ostrich-emugame/meatman/is5/index.htm.
3
Definitions
Organisational requirements – instructions to staff on policies and procedures which
are documented in memo, electronic or manual format and are available in the
workplace.
Company specifications – product specifications set by the company relating to cuts,
weights, presentation, and packaging.
This unit standard is
expiring
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe venison age, fat and weight classifications.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The criteria for applying age classifications are described in accordance with
statutory and organisational requirements.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
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1.2
Fat classifications are described for export carcasses and export processing
classes in accordance with company specifications and organisational
requirements.
1.3
Fat depth is described for each fat and weight class in accordance with
statutory and organisational requirements.
1.4
Weight classifications are described for export carcasses and export processing
classes in accordance with company specifications and organisational
requirements.
Outcome 2
Describe the standard carcass trim for venison carcasses.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The limits of carcass trimming are described in accordance with company
specifications and organisational requirements.
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 16505 have been
replaced by unit standard 28245.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
Revision
Review
1
30
August 1999
31 December
This
unit
standard
is2012
2
19 July 2001
31 December 2012
3
27 April
2005
31 December 2012
expiring
Review
4
19 June 2009
31 December 2012
Review
5
21 July 2011
31 December 2016
Review
6
27 January 2015
31 December 2016
Rollover
7
17 September 2015
31 December 2018
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.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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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.
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.
This unit standard is
expiring
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016