Subjects
Total number of units = a minimum of 9, to a minimum value of 40 points
Core Units = 6 (20 points)
Elective Units = a minimum of 3, to a minimum value of 20 points
Core Units
Unit Code | Unit Title | Points |
Maintain personal equipment | 2 | |
Apply hygiene and sanitation practices | 4 | |
Comply with Quality Assurance and HACCP requirements | 4 | |
Follow safe work policies and procedures | 4 | |
Communicate in the workplace | 4 | |
Overview the meat industry | 2 |
Elective Units
Select at least elective 3 units, to a minimum of 20 points
Units with a value of up to fifteen points can be selected from a Certificate III in Meat Processing qualification in Slaughtering, Boning Room, Rendering, General, Packing Room, Livestock Handling, Quality Assurance or Meat Safety
A maximum of four units can be selected from other Certificate II level qualifications in this Training Package, or from another Training Package or accredited course. Units selected will be worth 2 points
Selected units must be relevant to job outcomes in an abattoir and must be chosen to ensure the integrity of the qualification outcome at AQF level 2
Units marked with an () must be undertaken with at least one other unit from the same section
Unit Code | Unit Title | Points |
Handle animals | ||
Prepare animals for slaughter | 4 | |
Feed race | 1 | |
Restrain animal | 1 | |
Perform emergency kill | 2 | |
Assess, purchase and transport calves | 5 | |
Unload livestock | 1 | |
Apply animal welfare and handling requirements | 4 | |
Identify animals using electronic systems | 2 | |
Handle working dogs in stock yards | 3 | |
Handle livestock using basic techniques | 3 | |
Ride horses to carry out stock work | 5 | |
Prepare the carcase | ||
Shackle animal | 2 | |
Operate electrical stimulator | 1 | |
Remove head*
| 1 | |
Cut hocks*
| 1 | |
Mark brisket*
| 1 | |
Complete changeover operation | 1 | |
Trim pig pre evisceration*
| 4 | |
Number carcase and head | 1 | |
Punch pelts | 2 | |
Remove brisket wool*
| 1 | |
Prepare hide or pelt for removal | 2 | |
Bag tail*
| 1 | |
Remove and record tag | 1 | |
Seal or drain urinary tract | 1 | |
Singe carcase | 1 | |
Shave carcase*
| 1 | |
Flush carcase | 2 | |
Prepare carcase and equipment for hide or pelt puller | 1 | |
Operate mechanical aids | ||
Operate scalding and dehairing equipment | 4 | |
Operate whizzard knife | 2 | |
Operate rise and fall platform | 1 | |
Operate vacuum blood collection process | 2 | |
Operate nose roller | 2 | |
Operate pneumatic cutter | 1 | |
Operate circular saw | 1 | |
Operate new technology or process | 2 | |
Operate sterivac equipment | 2 | |
De-rind meat cuts | 2 | |
De-nude meat cuts | 2 | |
Operate rib puller | 1 | |
Operate frenching machine | 1 | |
Operate cubing machine | 1 | |
Cure and corn product in a meat processing plant | 2 | |
Operate head splitter | 1 | |
Operate jaw breaker | 1 | |
Prepare and operate bandsaw | 2 | |
Prepare and slice meat cuts*
| 1 | |
Operate tenderiser | 1 | |
Operate mincer | 2 | |
Trim carcase | ||
Trim neck*
| 2 | |
Trim forequarter to specification*
| 2 | |
Trim hindquarter to specification*
| 2 | |
Inspect hindquarter and remove contamination*
| 2 | |
Inspect forequarter and remove contamination*
| 2 | |
Remove spinal cord*
| 2 | |
Sharpen knives | 4 | |
Despatch carcase from the slaughter floor | ||
Grade carcase | 8 | |
Weigh carcase | 2 | |
Operate semi-automatic tagging machine | 4 | |
Measure fat*
| 2 | |
Label and stamp carcase | 2 | |
Wash carcase | 1 | |
Operate a decontamination unit | 1 | |
Remove tenderloin*
| 2 | |
Pack meat products | ||
Inspect meat for defects*
| 4 | |
Assemble and prepare cartons | 2 | |
Identify cuts and specifications | 6 | |
Pack meat products | 6 | |
Operate carton scales | 2 | |
Operate packaging machinery | ||
Operate carton sealing machine | 2 | |
Operate strapping machine | 2 | |
Operate carton forming machine | 2 | |
Operate automatic CL determination machine | 2 | |
Operate bag forming equipment | 1 | |
Operate scales and semi-automatic labelling machinery | 8 | |
Vacuum pack product | 5 | |
Package product using gas flushing process | 2 | |
Operate metal detection unit | 1 | |
Dress Head | ||
Assess dentition | 1 | |
Drop tongue*
| 1 | |
Wash head | 1 | |
Bone head*
| 4 | |
Remove cheek meat*
| 2 | |
Bar head and remove cheek meat*
| 2 | |
Process offal | ||
Process offal*
| 6 | |
Process runners*
| 6 | |
Overview offal processing | 2 | |
Perform tripe processing operations | ||
Prepare and trim honeycomb*
| 3 | |
Recover mountain chain*
| 3 | |
Further process tripe | 3 | |
Trim processed tripe*
| 2 | |
Process small stock tripe*
| 2 | |
Process bibles*
| 2 | |
Process maws*
| 2 | |
Process paunch*
| 4 | |
Loadout product | ||
Loadout meat product | 4 | |
Store carcase product | 2 | |
Store carton product | 2 | |
Locate storage areas and product | 2 | |
Complete re-pack operation | 4 | |
Bag carcase | 1 | |
Process offal on the slaughter floor | ||
Process thick skirts*
| 1 | |
Process thin skirts*
| 1 | |
Overview offal processing on the slaughter floor | 2 | |
Separate offal*
| 2 | |
Trim offal fat*
| 1 | |
Separate and tie runners*
| 1 | |
Recover thin skirts*
| 2 | |
Remove thick skirts*
| 1 | |
Remove flares*
| 1 | |
Recover offal*
| 4 | |
Process animal covering | ||
Overview hide or pelt or skin processing | 2 | |
Trim hide or skin*
| 4 | |
Salt hide or skin | 4 | |
Grade hide or skin | 6 | |
Despatch hide or skin | 4 | |
Treat hides chemically | 2 | |
Chill or ice hides | 2 | |
Crop pelts | 2 | |
Operate fellmongering process | ||
Overview fellmongering operations | 2 | |
Chemically treat skins for fellmongering process | 2 | |
Prepare chemicals for fellmongering process | 3 | |
Operate wool drier and press | 3 | |
Perform sweating operation on fellmongered skins | 3 | |
Perform skin fleshing operation | 3 | |
Skirt and weigh fellmongered wool | 2 | |
Operate wool puller | 3 | |
Dispose of condemned carcase | ||
Dispose of condemned carcase | 1 | |
Skin condemned carcase*
| 4 | |
Eviscerate condemned carcase*
| 2 | |
Process by-products | ||
Process slink by-products*
| 10 | |
Process pet meat*
| 4 | |
Skin slinks*
| 2 | |
Process blood | 2 | |
Render product | ||
Overview rendering process | 2 | |
Operate hogger | 4 | |
Operate blow line | 4 | |
Operate meat meal mill | 4 | |
Operate waste recovery systems | 3 | |
Pack and despatch rendered products | 4 | |
Break down and bone carcase for pet meat or rendering*
| 4 | |
Operate air filtration system | 4 | |
Clean work area | ||
Entry RequirementsThere are no entry requirements for this qualification. | ||