This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to deal with specialist processing technologies to comminute meat and ingredients for further processing in a meat establishment.

A skilled operator in a smallgoods establishment may have responsibility for comminution of products such as devon, bloodwurst, salamis and berlinas.

All work should be carried out to comply with workplace procedures, customer requirements and product specifications.

This unit applies to individuals who work under broad direction and take responsibility for their own work including limited responsibility for the work of others. They provide and communicate solutions to a range of predictable problems.

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.