Course Title: Manufacture fish and seafood products

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5184 Diploma of 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 2011,
Term2 2012

Course Contact: Toinette Thake

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 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 a 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 sefood product

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

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this unit students should be able to

  • Identify different varieties of fish and seafood
  • Be aware of the various harvesting techniques
  • discuss  the storage practices for fish and seafood
  • Be aware of the various processing techniques used to produce fish and seafood products
  • produce a range of fish and seafood products


Overview of Assessment

Assessment for this course consists of:

  • class activities
  • laboratory activities and reports
  • assignment
  • report on industry visit
  • exam