Certificate II in Meat Processing

Communicate in the workplace

Complete orientation to meat processing

Apply hygiene and sanitation practices

Follow food safety and quality programs

Follow safe work policies and procedures

Handle livestock using basic techniques

Operate side by side utility vehicles

Operate quad bikes

Process slinks

Clean carcase hanging equipment

Clean boning room after operations

Clean slaughter floor after operations

Operate electrical stimulator

Remove head

Cut hocks

Number carcase and head

Punch pelts

Prepare hide or pelt for removal

Bag tail

Seal or drain urinary tract

Singe carcase

Shave carcase

Flush carcase

Trim neck

Trim forequarter to specification

Trim hindquarter to specification

Inspect hindquarter and remove contamination

Inspect forequarter and remove contamination

Remove spinal cord

Sort carcases

Weigh carcase

Operate semi-automatic tagging machine

Measure fat

Stamp carcases

Wash carcases

Remove tenderloins from small stock

Assess dentition

Wash head

Prepare carcase and equipment for hide puller

Bone head

Remove cheek meat

Bar head and remove cheek meat

Free tongue

Shackle and hang animal

Operate scalding and dehairing equipment

Process blood

Apply environmentally sustainable work practices

Trim hide or skin

Salt hide or skin

Sort hide or skin

Chemically treat skins

Chill or ice hides

Perform sweating operation on fellmongered skins

Operate fleshing machinery

Operate wool puller

Operate wool dryer and press

Skirt and weigh fellmongered wool

Prepare chemicals for fellmongering process

Loadout meat and meat products

Store carcases

Store carton product

Locate product in storage area

Bag carcase

Apply animal welfare and handling requirements

Prepare animals for slaughter

Feed race

Restrain animals

Perform emergency kill

Unload animals

Identify animals using electronic or other systems

Separate offal

Separate and seal runners

Recover skirts

Free flares

Recover offal

Open and wash rumen

Process and pack rumen

Process skirts

Process offal

Process runners

Prepare and trim honeycomb

Recover mountain chain

Further process tripe

Trim processed tripe

Process small stock tripe

Process bibles

Process maws

Clean work area during operations

Operate scales and semi-automatic labelling machinery

Clean chillers

Operate whizard knife

Work from rise and fall platform

Operate nose roller

Operate pneumatic cutter

Operate circular saw

De-rind meat cuts

De-nude meat cuts

Operate frenching machine

Operate cubing machine

Cure and corn product in a meat processing premises

Operate head splitter

Operate jaw breaker

Transport meat and/or meat products

Operate tenderiser

Operate mincer

Operate new technology or process

Operate carcase steam vacuum equipment

Operate vacuum blood collection process

Use numeracy skills in meat processing

Complete changeover operation

Operate a forklift in a specific work area

Process pet meat

Break down and bone carcase for pet meat

Package product using gas flushing process

Assemble and prepare cartons

Identify cuts and specifications

Pack meat and meat products

Operate carton scales

Operate strapping machine

Operate carton forming machine

Complete re-pack operation

Vacuum pack product

Package product using automatic packing and labelling equipment

Operate carton sealing machine

Undertake pest control in a food processing premises

Operate the live bird receival process

Operate the bird receival and hanging process

Prepare birds for stunning

Operate a poultry stunning, killing, scalding and defeathering process

Operate a poultry washing and chilling process

Operate a poultry evisceration process

Harvest edible poultry offal

Grade poultry carcase

Operate a poultry dicing, stripping or mincing process

Operate a poultry marinade injecting process

Follow electronic labelling and traceability systems in a food processing establishment

Operate automatic chemical lean testing equipment

Inspect meat for defects

Operate metal detection unit

Operate blow line

Operate meat meal mill

Pack and dispatch rendered products

Operate meat size reduction equipment

Break down carcase for rendering

Package product using thermoform process

Operate bar and coder systems

Manually shape and form product

Sharpen and handle knives safely

Prepare and operate bandsaw

Prepare and slice meat cuts

Trim meat to specifications

Despatch meat product

Maintain cleaning storage areas

Clean and maintain amenities

Pressure wash and clean surfaces

Provide First Aid

Sample and test wastewater

Maintain and repair network assets for wastewater

Monitor and operate wastewater treatment processes

Work safely at heights

Care for livestock in transit

Shift loads using manually-operated equipment

Licence to operate a forklift truck