Certificate III in Meat Processing (Food Services)

Maintain personal equipment

Apply hygiene and sanitation practices

Comply with Quality Assurance and HACCP requirements

Follow safe work policies and procedures

Communicate in the workplace

Overview the meat industry

Establish compliance requirements for work area

Apply chemicals under supervision

Bone small stock carcase - leg

Slice and trim leg - small stock

Bone large stock carcase - forequarter

Bone large stock carcase - hindquarter

Slice and trim large stock forequarter

Slice and trim large stock hindquarter

Break carcase using a bandsaw

Operate leg boning machine

Operate trunk boning machine

Bone small stock carcase - shoulder

Bone small stock carcase - middle

Slice small stock carcase - shoulder

Slice small stock carcase - middle

Bone carcase using mechanical aids (large stock)

Prepare and despatch meat products

Implement food safety program

Perform carcase Meat Hygiene Assessment

Perform process monitoring for Meat Hygiene Assessment

Perform boning room Meat Hygiene Assessment

Perform offal Meat Hygiene Assessment

Grade beef carcases using Meat Standards Australia standards

Use standard product descriptions - sheep and goats

Use standard product descriptions - beef

Use standard product descriptions - pork

Use standard product descriptions - kangaroos

Perform manual chemical lean testing

Overview of the NLIS for sheep and goats

Overview of the NLIS program utilising RFIDs

Supervise meat packing operation

Oversee product loadout

Monitor pH and temperature decline

Identify secondary sexual characteristics - beef

Operate a poultry carcase delivery system

Debone and fillet poultry product (manually)

Prepare specialised cuts

Assess carcase or product quality

Calculate yield of carcase or product

Manage stock

Meet customer needs

Provide advice on nutritional role of meat

Merchandise products, services

Prepare, roll, sew and net meat

Bone and fillet poultry

Cost and price meat products

Prepare portion control to specifications

Bone game meat

Order stock in a meat enterprise

Calculate and present statistical data in a meat enterprise

Utilise the Meat Standards Australia system to meet customer requirements

Cure, corn and sell product

Assess and sell poultry products

Break carcase for retail sale

Locate, identify and assess meat cuts

Assess and address customer preferences

Collect and prepare standard samples

Prepare and produce value added products

Break small stock carcases for retail sale

Break large stock carcases for retail sale

Prepare cooked meat product for retail sale

Operate mixer or blender unit

Cook, steam and cool product

Prepare dried meat

Fill casings

Thaw product - water

Thaw product - air

Sort meat

Batch meat

Operate product forming machinery

Operate link and tie machinery

Operate complex slicing and packaging machinery

Prepare meat-based pates and terrines for commercial sale

Prepare product formulations

Ferment and mature product

Blend meat product

Assess product in chillers

Cure and corn product

Break carcase into primal cuts

Prepare primal cuts

Smoke product

Provide coaching

Provide mentoring

Follow and implement an established work plan

Identify and repair equipment faults

Perform pre-operations hygiene assessment

Monitor production of packaged product to customer specifications

Calculate carcase yield in a boning room

Contribute to energy efficiency

Handle meat product in cold stores

Follow hygiene, sanitation and quality requirements when handling meat product in cold stores

Monitor product to be sent to rendering

Monitor product flow in an automated process

Establish operational strategies and procedures for new business ventures

Contribute to team effectiveness

Utilise a knowledge management system

Use knowledge management systems

Lead team effectiveness

Monitor and manage small business operations

Manage a small team

Evaluate and develop small business operations

Work in a team

Conduct chemical wash for fresh produce

Program fresh produce grading equipment

Participate in a HACCP team

Control contaminants and allergens in the workplace

Prepare food products using basic cooking methods

Identify cultural, religious and dietary considerations for food production

Set up a production or packaging line for operation

Operate interrelated processes in a production system

Operate interrelated processes in a packaging system

Support and mentor individuals and groups

Establish compliance requirements for work area

Participate in improvement processes

Lead work teams and groups

Participate in an audit process

Report on workplace performance

Apply raw materials, ingredient and process knowledge to production problems

Implement the pest prevention program

Conduct chemical wash for fresh produce

Program fresh produce grading equipment

Control contaminants and allergens in the workplace

Set up a production or packaging line for operation

Operate interrelated processes in a production system

Operate interrelated processes in a packaging system

Prepare food products using basic cooking methods

Identify cultural, religious and dietary considerations for food production

Operate a chickway system

Debone and fillet product (manually)

Participate in improvement processes

Report on workplace performance

Support and mentor individuals and groups

Lead work teams and groups

Participate in an audit process

Participate in a HACCP team

Implement the pest prevention program

Apply raw materials, ingredient and process knowledge to production problems

Provide first aid

Provide First Aid

Work safely with industrial chemicals and materials

Identify and minimise environmental hazards

Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices

Identify and apply process improvements

Identify equipment faults

Develop and adjust a production schedule

Monitor and operate trade waste

Monitor and operate trade waste process

Control stock

Coordinate visual merchandising activities

Maintain store security

Sell to the retail customer

Contribute to assessment

Provide work skill instruction

Complete and check import/export documentation

Complete receival and despatch documentation

Identify goods and store to specifications

Organise receival and despatch operations

Complete and check import/export documentation

Complete receival/despatch documentation

Use inventory systems to organise stock control

Identify products and store to specifications

Organise despatch operations

Organise receival operations

Monitor storage facilities

Control and order stock

Receive and store stock

Implement and monitor work health and safety procedures

Administer inventory systems

Maintain stock control and receivals

Use computer applications relevant to a workplace