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AHCWOL410 — Class fleece wool

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What an assessment for AHCWOL410 must cover

71 assessable components: 3 elements (15 performance criteria), 3 performance evidence and 50 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 3 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Prepare for wool classing

  • 1.1Arrange the layout of the shed, equipment and facilities according to the determined classing strategy for efficient wool flow, quality management and pressing
  • 1.2Identify hazards and biosecurity risks, apply safe working practices and use available safety equipment in line with work health and safety (WHS) standards
  • 1.3Identify potential and existing WHS hazards, assess risks and implement control measures
  • 1.4Establish and maintain sufficient staffing ratio for team work to conduct classing activity
  • 1.5Place clearly labelled bins and containers in line with the classing strategy, quality management system and workplace traceability requirements

2 Carry out classing of fleece wool

  • 2.1Handle and skirt fleece wool to the required standards
  • 2.2Check wool to ensure freedom from contamination and urine stain
  • 2.3Check wool to ensure adequate and optimum skirting
  • 2.4Assess pigmented fibre risk and keep wool separate according to workplace standards
  • 2.5Identify wet wool, urine stain, cotted and coloured wool and keep separate according to workplace standards
  • 2.6Appraise wool for its characteristics according to industry code of practice
  • 2.7Class and describe wool to standards in line with the industry code of practice and as required by alternative selling methods
  • 2.8Identify wool of higher and lower market value and processing requirements and make lines to maximise return to the grower/manager

3 Place wool in bins for pressing

  • 3.1Place wool in the correct bins ready for pressing and ensure that cross-contamination does not occur
  • 3.2Check wool flow into bins and communicate with wool presser

Performance evidence

  • fine/superfine merino
  • medium/strong merino
  • crossbred

Knowledge evidence

  • shed layouts that promote safe, efficient wool flow and classing
  • characteristics of the breeds of sheep
  • types of wool contamination and their sources, including:
  • urine stain
  • pigmented and medullated fibres and other animal fibres
  • baling twine
  • fertiliser bags
  • non-wool fibres
  • impact of the wool production areas of Australia on clip characteristics
  • inherent measurable wool characteristics and how they impact on classing:
  • visual quality count (fibre diameter)
  • staple length
  • tensile strength
  • colour
  • yield
  • vegetable matter (VM) type
  • curvature
  • comfort factor
  • effect of genetics and environment on fibre characteristics
  • techniques used to measure wool characteristics
  • effect of raw wool characteristics on wool processing and final product
  • features and influences of wool growth, including:
  • skin and fibre biology
  • grazing and nutritional management
  • animal husbandry techniques
  • weather
  • requirements for handling shedding and pigmented fibres
  • interpretation of test results, clip feedback and reports
  • principles of classing from the industry code of practice, including:
  • mob/flock concept
  • visual quality count variability for fibre diameter and staple length
  • soundness
  • cast lines and defects
  • documentation requirements for wool clips
  • features of relevant industry quality standards and codes of practice for classed wool, including the Code of Practice for the Preparation of Australian Wool Clips
  • requirements of work health and safety (WHS) legislation in a wool preparation workplace
  • teamwork principles:
  • working towards a common goal
  • communicating effectively and cooperation
  • understanding the work responsibilities of team members
  • respecting others’ needs
  • embracing diversity
  • workplace biosecurity policies, including:
  • reducing the risk of wool harvesting staff’s exposure to any pest or disease
  • ensuring that any pest or disease agent present on wool within a facility is not spread further, particularly to susceptible livestock
  • reducing the spread of soilborne pathogens and weed seeds from shoes and vehicles, and visiting and stray animals
  • bale traceability requirements, including:
  • industry Wool Classer specification
  • individual bale numbering and bale labels
  • property identification detail.

Foundation skills

  • Reading: Access, interpret and apply the industry code of practice requirements
  • Writing: Complete classing documents using vocabulary, grammatical structure and conventions appropriate to text and audience
  • Oral communication: Provide advice on wool lines market value and processing requirements to grower/managers using language that is appropriate to the industry

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What does an assessment tool for AHCWOL410 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for AHCWOL410 needs to address all 71 unit components: 3 elements with 15 performance criteria, 3 performance evidence requirements, 50 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

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