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, management, industry or customer concerns speaking clearly and directly with other personnel, such as workers, management, regulators and customers reading and interpreting workplace documentation, such as industry research outcomes, contracts, legislation and regulation preparing written documentation, such as reports, market estimates and business proposals using mathematical skills for purposes, such as budgeting and production estimates sharing information with co-workers, managers, customers and regulatory authorities applying negotiation, persuasion and assertiveness skills when working with staff, customers or suppliers, during planning and addressing enterprise issues |
Teamwork | working effectively as an individual as well as in a work team working effectively with colleagues from diverse backgrounds applying own technical and managerial knowledge to assist other members of the work team using teamwork skills in a range of situations, such as when addressing industry-wide issues, for example, labour shortages identifying and utilising the strengths of other team members, such as specialised technical knowledge providing coaching and mentoring support to colleagues |
Problem solving | developing practical and creative solutions to workplace problems, such as issues of supply and production showing independence and initiative in identifying problems, for example, identifying the potential impact of the establishment of a new competitor working with a team to resolve a problem, for example, a disease outbreak testing assumptions and taking context into account, for example, testing the impact of a supply problem on capacity to meet customer commitments using numeracy skills, such as calculation, estimation, and budget forecasting, to resolve problems listening and resolving concerns in relation to workplace issues, for example, outcomes of a customer audit |
Initiative and enterprise | adapting to new situations, such as changes to customer specifications or introduction of new equipment translating ideas into action, for example, introducing and trialling automated equipment being creative and innovative in identifying opportunities and creating solutions, for example, seeking funding support for a proposal or assessing the viability of new technology identifying opportunities that might not be obvious to others, for example, a change of supplier to achieve cost savings developing a strategic, creative, long-term vision through research of the economic and political environment impacting the industry |
Planning and organising | collecting, analysing and organising information, such as peak body strategic plans, market forecasts and technical publications using business processes for planning and organising for developing business plans taking initiative and making decisions within workplace role, for example, setting production levels participating in continuous improvement processes, such as the enterprise Quality Assurance system determining and applying resources, such as financial, human and physical resources managing time and priorities, such as meeting customer deadlines adjusting resource allocation to cope with contingencies, for example, loss of a customer contract, production delays or staff shortages |
Self-management | having and articulating own ideas and vision, for example, when undertaking company business planning processes monitoring and evaluating own performance to ensure company requirements are addressed taking responsibility for work outcomes of self and others within area of responsibility |
Learning | being receptive to learning new ideas and techniques, such as changed legislation, food safety measures or product specifications learning in a range of settings, such as through formal training, independent research or informally from colleagues learning new skills and techniques to adjust to industry or customer changes managing own learning to ensure currency, for example, by attending technical workshops or through internet research applying a range of learning approaches appropriate to individual and situational requirements contributing to the learning of others through support of professional development and informal learning processes |
Technology | using technology, such as computers, software packages 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 applying technology as a management tool, for example, running production reports or using spreadsheets |
