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Procure livestock for slaughter
Level
4
Credits
25
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working in the rural servicing industry.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: draft animals for export
and/or local trade; describe slaughter presentation requirements; complete
the transaction and follow up to review performance and identify future
business opportunities; and to arrange kill space and delivery of livestock for
slaughter.
Subfield
Agriculture
Domain
Livestock Business
Status
Registered
Status date
20 June 2006
Date version published
20 June 2006
Planned review date
31 December 2011
Entry information
Open.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 17341 and unit
standard 17342.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry
and teaching professional in the same field from another
provider.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0052
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Performance of the elements of this unit standard must comply with the following
codes, legislation, and requirements:
Animal Welfare Act 1999;
Animal Status Declaration;
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The New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (1994), Code of
Recommendations and Minimum Standards for the Welfare of Animals Transported
within New Zealand, available from http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz.
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Definition
Organisational procedures refer to verbal and written instructions to staff on
procedures for communicating with clients; for assessing and classifying animals for
sale; and for arranging kill space.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Draft animals for export and/or local trade.
Range
standard or specific grades; specified value, or weight, or number.
Performance criteria
1.1
Slaughter weight, grade, and value are determined in accordance with animal
characteristics.
1.2
Animals selected have the characteristics that match the agreed drafting criteria
of grading categories, schedules, company specific market strategies, and
vendor instructions.
Range
schedules – weights, ranges, muscling classes or conformation
classes, meat company.
1.3
Selection decisions are justified to vendor in terms of the drafting criteria
agreed.
1.4
Documentation and advice note are completed in accordance with
organisational procedures.
Range
1.5
documentation and advice note may include – health status;
disease notification and animal remedies requirements; hormone
growth promotant notification; specified restricted vaccines used;
tuberculosis (TB) card.
Animals that require a vet certificate concerning welfare issues are identified in
accordance with organisational procedures.
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Element 2
Describe slaughter presentation requirements.
Performance criteria
2.1
Pre-slaughter requirements are explained to the vendor in accordance with
organisational procedures.
Range
dagging; emptying out; cleanliness and disease status; time from
shearing, lambing, or calving.
2.2
Hormone growth promotants, dip and drench withholding periods, and restricted
vaccines are described in terms of the readiness of the animals for slaughter
and of the implications of non-compliance.
2.3
Transport, safety, and animal welfare requirements are described in relation to
the readiness of the animals for slaughter in accordance with organisational
procedures and the animal welfare code.
Range
2.4
vet certificates where required, pre-slaughter rest period.
Meat processor’s quality assurance standards are described in terms of the
effect on slaughter presentation requirements.
Element 3
Complete the transaction, and follow up to review performance and identify future
business opportunities.
Performance criteria
3.1
Transaction is completed at time of kill in accordance with organisational
procedures.
3.2
Documentation is completed and delivered on time in accordance with
organisational procedures.
3.3
Vendor is advised on the potential future sale of animals in relation to supply
and demand trends and market changes.
3.4
Transaction is followed up in terms of vendor satisfaction and future
procurement opportunities.
3.5
Kill sheet results in terms of grading and price are consistent with vendor’s and
company representative’s expectations.
3.6
Transaction is followed up in terms of purchaser satisfaction and continued
confidence by the meat company in accordance with organisational procedures.
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Element 4
Arrange kill space and delivery of livestock for slaughter.
Performance criteria
4.1
Responsibility is established for transport arrangements and costs.
4.2
Kill space is booked and confirmed in accordance with organisational
procedures.
4.3
Processor’s requirements are established in accordance with organisational
procedures.
Range
tally, quality, date and time of delivery, price, sex, breed, stock
age, reliability of supply, processor’s quality assurance criteria.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority, or an inter-institutional body
with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from
assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority before
they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP 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.
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