This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to plan, conduct and report on a workplace incident investigation in a meat or food processing environment.

Workplace incidents may be associated with workplace safety or food safety, animal welfare, quality, environmental factors, or export shipment port-of-entry rejection.

The unit applies to individuals who work in a range of roles in a meat or food processing facility and who are required to investigate incidents and report on the findings.

All work must be carried out to comply with workplace procedures according to state/territory health and safety and food safety regulations, legislation and standards that apply to the workplace.

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