Certificate II in Seafood Processing - SFI20511
Australian Fisheries Academy
Type of institution: Registered Training Organisation
Level: Pre-degree
CRICOS:
This qualification is part of the Seafood Industry Training Package. It represents the competencies relevant to people working in the seafood processing sector of the seafood industry in the capacity of a processing employee. It comprises the base entry point into this sector of the industry and provides people with a range of core and underpinning competencies relevant to their work. The qualification will have application for people working: for aquaculture farms on aquaculture farms or fishout/put-and-take operations; or contract harvesting and on-farm processing companies; in processing plants and for wholesalers or retailers.
Structure
- 15 units: 4 core
- 4 specialist
- 7 elective
Subjects
- Use numerical applications in the workplace
- Use business technology
- Follow work procedures to maintain quality
- Undertake root cause analysis
- Monitor process operation
- Deliver a service to customers
- Operate vessel deck machinery and lifting appliance
- Harvest cultured or held stock
- Use planning software systems in manufacturing
- Operate a packaging process
- Receive and store stock
- Work effectively in the seafood industry
- Apply cost factors to work practices
- Operate a boiler - basic
- Operate a forklift
- Apply quality standards
- Apply Just in Time (JIT) procedures
- Operate a waste water treatment system
- Operate basic equipment
- Process and maintain workplace information
- Operate a retort process
- Shuck molluscs
- Maintain the temperature of seafood
- Manage the impact of change on own work
- Process financial transactions and extract interim reports
- Work with knives
- Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices
- Implement the food safety program and procedures
- Operate a vehicle-mounted loading crane
- Apply sampling procedures
- Clean premises and equipment
- Operate pumping equipment
- Prepare, pack and dispatch stock for live transport
- Load and unload goods/cargo
- Interpret product costs in terms of customer requirements
- Slaughter livestock
- Operate an extrusion process
- Apply basic food handling and safety practices
- Fillet fish and prepare portions
- Clean work area
- Use SCADA systems in manufacturing
- Apply competitive manufacturing practices
- Operate a mixing or blending process
- Operate a heat treatment process
- Move materials mechanically using automated equipment
- Operate a production process
- Fill and close product in cans
- Shift a load using manually-operated equipment
- Head and peel crustaceans
- Conduct routine maintenance
- Apply quality systems and procedures
- Operate a freezing process
- Apply 5S procedures in a manufacturing environment
- Contribute to the application of a proactive maintenance strategy
- Meet workplace OHS requirements
- Prepare, pack and dispatch non-live product
- Monitor process capability
- Clean fish
- Process squid, cuttlefish and octopus
- Sustain process improvements
- Communicate in the seafood industry
Study pathways
Pathways into the qualificationEntry into this qualification may be:by direct entry and without prior seafood processing skills or knowledgeSFI10511 Certificate I in Seafood Processingother seafood industry stream qualifications.Pathways from the qualificationAfter achieving this qualification, candidates may undertake a:SFI30511 Certificate III in Seafood ProcessingSFI30311 Certificate III in Seafood Industry (Environmental Management Support).
