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Meat, Poultry and Seafood Process Workers

ANZSCO 8313

Employed

14,600

Part-time share

14%

Female share

31%

Median weekly earnings

$1,244

Median age

39 yrs

Employment outlook

Stable

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia · ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing.

Meat, Poultry and Seafood Process Workers is a job in Australia. The job figures on this page come from Jobs and Skills Australia and the ABS Census, where they are published. The courses listed here lead to this job. Compare the fee, study mode, length, place, and how to get in before you enquire.

Courses linked to this job include Certificate III in Meat Processing (Packing Operations), Certificate III in Meat Processing (Rendering), Certificate I in Seafood Industry, and Certificate II in Meat Processing.

Jobs and Skills Australia rates the job outlook as Stable.

Jobs, part-time share, age, and pay appear on this page only when Jobs and Skills Australia or the ABS has published them for Meat, Poultry and Seafood Process Workers. A blank is a missing figure, not a pay of zero. The courses below are linked to this job. Open one to compare the fee, study mode, length, campus, and how to get in.

There is no single national fee or length for training that leads to Meat, Poultry and Seafood Process Workers. Each provider sets its own price, study mode, and entry rules. Those rules can include past study, an English level, work experience, or an interview. Check the AQF level, and whether you study in Australia or online, before you enquire.

About this career

Meat, Poultry and Seafood Process Workers slaughter and eviscerate poultry, and process, grade and package meat, poultry, fish and shellfish.

What they typically do

  • Processing offal and tripe
  • Moving carcasses to chillers and freezers
  • Loading meat products into trucks
  • Packing boned and sliced meat into cartons
  • Stunning and shackling poultry for killing and processing
  • Severing jugular veins of poultry, and removing viscera and residual material from poultry carcasses
  • Separating organs and glands, such as sweetbreads, livers, hearts and spleens, from poultry carcasses
  • Inspecting and grading poultry, fish and shellfish for size and quality
  • Packing fish and counting packs before freezing, and packing frozen fish blocks into cartons
  • Operating machines which slice, peel, skin and crumb fish
  • Cleaning and sanitising equipment and work areas

States and territories

Share of workers by location

QLD
25.5%
NSW
23.5%
VIC
22.3%
SA
13.8%
WA
9.6%
TAS
3.8%
NT
0.7%
ACT
0.7%

Qualification pathways

These accredited qualifications can lead to a career as a Meat, Poultry and Seafood Process Workers.