Overview
Processes carcasses of slaughtered livestock and prepares meat and meat products.
Skills
Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications outlined below. AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)
Tasks
- 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
Specialisations
- Offal Separator
Related Occupations
Source: 1220.0 - ANZSCO - Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations, First Edition.
Note: The tasks associated with the occupation are to be used as guidance only. The tasks listing may include tasks associated with the grouping/category to which the occupation belongs.
Training Pathways
5 courses found.
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AMP31216: Certificate III in Meat Processing (Packing Operations)
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AMP30421: Certificate III in Meat Processing (Rendering)
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AMP20415: Certificate II in Meat Processing (Meat Retailing)
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AMP20316: Certificate II in Meat Processing (Abattoirs)
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AMP20117: Certificate II in Meat Processing (Food Services)
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