Course Level
Certificate III
Certificate III in Meat Safety Inspection - AMP30322
This qualification reflects the role of individuals working as meat inspectors or meat safety officers in meat processing establishments. In such roles, workers perform ante mortem (except in the case of wild game) and post-mortem inspection of food animals to ensure that meat is safe for human or pet consumption, in line with relevant Australian Standards.Workers are required to take responsibility for their own work, participate in teams where required, use judgement, interpret information, and apply solutions to routine and some non-routine problems. This qualification includes two elective units that cover work in micro meat processing premises. Users must note that these units will not satisfy the regulatory requirements for meat inspection work in export premises or some domestic premises. Users must check with the relevant regulatory authority before delivery.Individuals who work as meat inspectors must comply with the requirements of local/state/territory authorities and where applicable the Australian Government export authority.
Campus | Duration | Fees | ATAR |
|---|---|---|---|
MORNINGTON | Full-time - 780 hours | $4,820 | N/A |
Subjects
- Perform ante and post-mortem inspection - Camels
- Apply food animal anatomy and physiology to inspection processes
- Perform ante and post-mortem inspection - Deer
- Recognise signs of emergency and notifiable animal diseases
- Communicate effectively at work
- Handle animals humanely while conducting ante-mortem inspection
- Conduct ante-mortem inspection and make disposition
- Sharpen and handle knives safely
- Conduct post-mortem inspection in micro meat processing premises - Wild game
- Perform ante and post-mortem inspection - Alpacas or Llamas
- Contribute to workplace health and safety processes
- Receive and inspect wild game carcases from the field
- Perform ante and post-mortem inspection - Ovine and Caprine
- Recognise diseases and conditions during inspection of food animal
- Perform post-mortem inspection - Wild game
- Comply with hygiene and sanitation requirements
- Use firearms to safely and humanely harvest wild game
- Assess effective stunning and bleeding
- Store wild game carcases
- Oversee compliance with Australian Standards for meat processing
- Perform ante and post-mortem inspection - Calves
- Conduct ante and post-mortem inspection in micro meat processing premises
- Manage animal identification data
- Eviscerate, inspect and tag wild game carcase in the field
- Perform ante and post-mortem inspection - Bovine
- Maintain food safety and quality programs
- Perform ante and post-mortem inspection - Rabbits
- Perform ante and post-mortem inspection - Equine
- Perform ante and post-mortem inspection - Poultry
- Perform ante and post-mortem inspection - Porcine
- Perform ante and post-mortem inspection - Ratites
- Operate a wild game harvester vehicle
- Apply animal welfare and handling requirements
- Receive and inspect wild game carcases at a processing plant
- Apply knowledge of the wild game meat industry
- Perform carcase Meat Hygiene Assessment