QUALIFICATION SUMMARY |
The following table contains a summary of the Employability Skills required by the meat industryfor this qualification. The Employability Skills facets described here are broad industry requirements that may vary depending on qualification packaging options. Due to the high proportion of electives required by this qualification, the industry/enterprise requirements described for each Employability Skill are representative of the meat industry in general and may not reflect specific job roles. Learning and assessment strategies for this qualification should be based on the requirements of the units of competency for this qualification. |
Employability Skill | Industry/enterprise requirements for this qualification include: |
Communication | listening and interpreting worker issues or management concerns speaking clearly and directly with other personnel, such as workers, management and customers reading and interpreting workplace documentation such as work instructions, Standard Operating Procedures, Australian Standards and food safety regulations preparing written documentation, such as reports using mathematical skills in areas such as time and temperature sharing information with co-workers, managers, customers and regulatory authorities applying negotiation, persuasion and assertiveness skills when carrying out supervisory duties showing empathy with worker and customer issues when appropriate |
Teamwork | working effectively as an individual as well as in a work team working effectively with workers from another country applying own technical knowledge to assist other members of the work team using teamwork skills in a range of situations, such as when addressing food safety issues identifying and utilising the strengths of other team members, such as specialised technical knowledge providing coaching and mentoring support to new workers |
Problem solving | developing practical and creative solutions to workplace problems, such as rostering issues showing independence and initiative in identifying problems, for example, the need to revise and update a work instruction working with a team to resolve a problem, for example, a production issue using numeracy skills, such as graphing and charting, to resolve problems resolving concerns raised by external groups, such as customers or regulatory authorities |
Initiative and enterprise | adapting to new situations, such as changes to customer specifications or introduction of new equipment translating ideas into action, for example, revising a work instruction or Standard Operating Procedure identifying opportunities that might not be obvious to others, for example, a change of supplier to achieve cost savings or a change in process to achieve better productivity |
Planning and organising | collecting, analysing and organising information, such as HACCP reports using basic business processes for planning and organising, for example, production schedules taking initiative and making decisions within workplace role, for example, setting production levels managing time and priorities, such as meeting report deadlines and timely implementation of corrective actions determining, applying and allocating resources, such as budget, product and personnel adapting resource allocations to cope with contingencies, for example, shortage of stock or staff |
Self-management | having and articulating own ideas and vision, for example, when contributing to company business planning processes monitoring and evaluating own performance to ensure company production requirements are met efficiently taking responsibility for work output within area of responsibility |
Learning | being receptive to learning new ideas and techniques, such as changed work instructions, new equipment and processes learning in a range of settings, such as through formal training or informally from other workers learning new skills and techniques to adjust to production or equipment changes managing own learning to ensure currency, for example, by attending technical workshops or through internet research contributing to the learning of others through support of professional development or informal processes applying a range of learning approaches appropriate to individual and situational requirements |
Technology | using technology, such as workplace machinery, computers and testing equipment demonstrating skilled use of workplace technology applying OH&S requirements when using technology adapting to new technology requirements, such as new software or machinery applying technology as a management tool, for example, running production reports |