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Scenario · Slaughter Floor

Complete your first week on the slaughter floor

You are a new process worker starting on the beef slaughter floor.

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The situation

What has happened

It is your first week at Southern Cross. You have been hired as a process worker and will start at the trimming station on the beef floor once your induction is complete. The People and Safety Manager has sent you the induction pack and expects you to understand the hygiene rules for entering a production area, how to handle and steel a knife safely, what personal protective equipment your station requires and how to report a hazard. On your walk through the plant you noticed ice on the cold store floor near door 3 and a worker carrying an unsheathed knife between stations. Your leading hand will sign off your entry checklist on Thursday.

Your brief. Show that you can enter a production area hygienically, follow safe work policies and procedures, handle a knife safely and report the hazards you saw, using the plant's documents and the incident register.
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Tasks

Deliverables

  • Hazard and control list from the Occupational Health and Safety Policy
  • Two completed Incident and Hazard Report Forms and matching register entries
  • Written production area entry hygiene sequence
  • Completed Toolbox Talk Record on steeling technique

Documents to use

Systems to use

Incident and Hazard Register

The plant register of injuries, near misses, hazards and animal welfare events, with investigation status and corrective actions.

Training and Competency Matrix

Records each worker's induction, station competencies, licences and refresher dates so supervisors can see who is signed off for which station.

For trainers and assessors

Units of competency

Current on training.gov.au for the Australian Meat Processing Training Package as at 10 September 2026.

AMPOPR205Complete orientation to meat processing
AMPWHS201Sharpen and handle knives safely
AMPWHS202Follow safe work policies and procedures
AMPQUA205Apply hygiene and sanitation practices
AMPQUA206Follow food safety and quality programs

Qualifications

AMP20126Certificate II in Meat Processing
Assessor notes

What to look for

Evidence guide

Look for correct identification of the station personal protective equipment, the correct hygiene entry sequence, and hazard reports that describe facts rather than opinions. The register entries must match the forms. The toolbox talk must state the hazard, the control and an action. Observe the student steeling a knife if a practical component is available and check that strokes move away from the body.

The student's evidence summary lists every record they created or changed in the systems named above, their notes and the tasks they ticked. Verify it against the deliverables and your own assessment tool.