Poultry Process Worker
ANZSCO 831312
6,300
25%
39%
39 yrs
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia · ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing.
Salary and some workforce figures are suppressed for this occupation because Jobs and Skills Australia / the ABS do not publish estimates for small populations (typically fewer than 50 employed people) or because the figures have been perturbed for privacy. They are shown as unavailable rather than zero.
About this career
Poultry Process Workers stun and kill, dress, trim, cut into portions, bone, fillet, weigh, grade and package poultry.
What they typically do
- 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 for size and quality.
- Packing.
- Operating machines which slice, peel, skin and crumb.
- Cleaning and sanitising equipment and work areas.
States and territories
Share of workers by location
Qualification pathways
These accredited qualifications can lead to a career as a Poultry Process Worker.
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Advanced Diploma of Applied Electrical Engineering (Electrical Systems)
52883WA · AQF 6 · 1 providers
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Advanced Diploma of Applied Electrical Engineering (Power Industry)
52888WA · AQF 6 · 1 providers
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Advanced Diploma of Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
UEE62525 · AQF 6 · 2 providers