This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to collect blood from the slaughter floor, process it using equipment such as a centrifuge to recover blood plasma and package the product.

This unit is applicable to workers in meat processing plants where blood is recovered at the point of stick or bleeding and processed to produce by-products such as blood plasma (but excluding blood meal which is dealt with in the unit AMPA3088 Operate blood processing plant).

All work should be carried out to comply with workplace and hygiene requirements.

This unit applies to individuals who work under general supervision, exercise limited autonomy and have some accountability for their own work.

No occupational licensing, legislative or certification requirements are known to apply to this unit at the time of publication.

This unit must be delivered and assessed in the context of Australian meat processing standards and regulations.