Further optional units can be taken from Groups B, C or D to meet or exceed the overall minimum of 15 units.

Meat & Poultry Industry Group B

Title
Arrange transport scheduling for delivery of livestock in operations
Monitor and control reception of livestock in food operations
Monitor the health and welfare of livestock pre-slaughter in food operations
Maintain lairage and ante mortem facilities in food operations
Control an automated stunning system
Control an automated bleeding system
Control a carcass shackling system
Control an automated de-hairing or de-feathering system
Control automated meat or poultry processing operations
Control a carcass electrical stimulation system
Monitor bleeding for Kosher meat
Monitor slaughter operations in meat processing
Monitor carcase production in meat or poultry processing
Monitor an automated meat or poultry processing system
Classify meat or poultry carcasses
Monitor the recovery of meat and poultry processing by-products
Monitor the recovery of co-products and disposal of waste in meat processing
Monitor primal butchery in meat processing
Monitor secondary butchery in meat processing
Monitor butchery in sales operations
Monitor the manufacture of meat products
Monitor treatment operations in meat processing
Monitor the slicing and wrapping of meat and meat products
Break down red meat carcasses
Prepare and finish cuts from beef forequarter
Prepare and finish cuts from beef hindquarter
Prepare and finish cuts from lamb carcasses
Prepare and finish poultry carcasses
Prepare and finish cuts from pork carcasses
Prepare and finish specialised edible secondary products
Maximise sales of food and drink products in a retail environment
Set up and maintain operations in food and drink retail manufacture
Monitor effectiveness of operations in food and drink retail manufacture
Plan and coordinate food services
Set up and maintain food service operations in food manufacture
Monitor effectiveness of food service operations in food manufacture
Organise the receipt and storage of goods in food and drink operations
Monitor and maintain storage conditions in food and drink operations
Monitor stored good and materials in food and drink operations
Monitor and maintain storage systems and procedures in food and drink operations

Support Operations Group C

Title
Maintain plant and equipment in food and drink operations
Interpret and communicate information and data in food and drink operations
Control and monitor energy efficiency in a food environment
Contribute to continuous improvement of food safety in food and drink operations
Carry out sampling in food and drink operations
Report on food safety compliance in food and drink operations
Control and monitor safe supply of raw materials and ingredients in food and drink operations
Manage production performance in food and drink operations
Evaluate production performance in food and drink operations
Plan production schedules in food and drink operations 
Contribute to optimising work areas in food and drink operations
Diagnose production problems in food and drink operations
Resolve production problems in food and drink operations
Monitor and control quality of work activities in food and drink operations
Set up and maintain picking and packing orders in food and drink operations
Monitor effectiveness of picking and packing operations in food and drink operations
Monitor wrapping and labelling of products in food and drink operations
Monitor effectiveness of despatch and transport operations in food and drink operations
Manage organisational change and improvement in food operations
Monitor hygiene cleaning in food and drink operations
Manage commissioning and handover of plant and equipment in food manufacture
Maintain, promote and improve environmental good practice in food manufacture

Underpinning Knowledge Group D

Title
Principles of breed and pre-slaughter selection of meat and poultry species
Principles of rearing and welfare of meat species
Principles of butchery
Principles of curing meat
Principles of a specialist raw meat and poultry sales service
Principles of a specialist cooked meat and poultry sales service
Principles of classification of meat and poultry carcases
Principles of microbiology and parasitology in meat production
Principles of anatomy and physiology of meat species
Principles of pathology of meat species
Principles of technology in meat processing
Principles of meat science
Principles of adding value to meat and poultry products
Principles of animal waste and by-product removal and the processing of edible co-products
Principles of weights and measures in food technology
Principles of freezing methods in food technology
Principles of gelatine biochemistry in food science
Principles of lipid functionality in food science
Principles of protein functionality in food science
Principles of food labelling in food operations
The Principles of HACCP for Food Manufacturing
Principles of continuous improvement techniques (Kaizen) in food operations
Principles of sustainability in food operations
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