Certificate IV in Meat Processing

Build productive and effective workplace relationships

Support food safety and quality programs

Maintain good manufacturing practice in meat processing

Monitor workplace health and safety processes

Conduct an animal welfare audit of a meat processing premises

Develop and implement work instructions and SOPs

Supervise new recruits

Plan, conduct and report a workplace incident investigation

Manage own work performance and development

Oversee export requirements

Foster a learning culture in a meat processing workplace

Apply animal welfare and handling requirements

Oversee humane handling of animals

Manage biogas facilities

Develop and implement a TACCP and VACCP plan

Raise and validate requests for export permits and Meat Transfer Certificates

Develop, implement and evaluate a pest control program in a food processing premises

Collect and prepare standard samples

Perform carcase Meat Hygiene Assessment

Perform process monitoring for Meat Hygiene Assessment

Perform boning room Meat Hygiene Assessment

Perform offal Meat Hygiene Assessment

Utilise refrigeration index

Maintain a Meat Hygiene Assessment program

Oversee compliance with Australian Standards for meat processing

Apply meat science

Conduct and validate pH/temperature declines to MSA standards

Contribute to meat processing premises design and construction processes

Manage the collection, monitoring and interpretation of animal health data

Calculate carcase yield in a boning room

Specify beef product using AUS-MEAT language

Specify sheep product using AUS-MEAT language

Coordinate a product recall

Undertake chiller assessment to AUS-MEAT requirements

Conduct an internal audit of a documented program

Establish sampling program

Conduct a document review

Monitor meat preservation process

Monitor the production of processed meats and smallgoods

Prepare for and respond to an external audit of the establishment's quality system

Specify pork product using AUS-MEAT language

Participate in the ongoing development and implementation of a HACCP based QA system

Monitor the production of UCFM smallgoods

Oversee meat processing establishment's Halal compliance

Lead difficult conversations

Support the learning and development of teams and individuals

Coordinate recruitment and onboarding

Coordinate workplace information systems

Demonstrate leadership in the workplace

Communicate effectively as a workplace leader

Lead team effectiveness

Lead the development of diverse workforces

Coordinate business operational plans

Implement customer service strategies

Develop personal work priorities

Apply project cost management techniques

Implement continuous improvement

Apply communication strategies in the workplace

Identify, evaluate and control food safety hazards

Perform microbiological procedures in the food industry

Control contaminants and allergens in food processing

Conduct a traceability exercise

Apply principles of statistical process control

Plan and coordinate production equipment maintenance

Manage internal audits

Manage utilities and energy for a production process

Monitor retail store financials