Course Title: Manufacture fish and seafood products

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C4172 Certificate IV in Food Science & Technology

Course Title: Manufacture fish and seafood products

Portfolio: SEH Portfolio Office

Nominal Hours: 20

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

ONPS5234

City Campus

TAFE

155T Vocational Health and Sciences

Face-to-Face

Term2 2009

Course Contact: Toinette Thake

Course Contact Phone: 99254876

Course Contact Email: toinette.thake@rmit.edu.au



Course Description

This unit covers the skills and knowledge required to understand the principles and concepts behind fish and seafood, their use as food and various processes associated with fish and seafood manufacture.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

VBP043 - Apply an understanding of the food processing industry,
VBP045 - Identify unit operations



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

VBP058 Manufacture fish and seafood products

Elements:

Apply harvesting and storage practices for fish and seafood

Identify the different varieties of fish and seafood

Manufacture a fish and/or seafood product

Select the processing techniques and technology used to produce various fish and seafood products


Learning Outcomes

Apply harvesting and storage practices for fish and seafood
Identify the different varieties of fish and seafood
Manufacture a fish and/or seafood products
Select the processing techniques and technology used to produce various fish and seafood products


Overview of Assessment

Assessments for this course consist of:
• Class activities
• Assignments
• Presentations
• Exam