Course Level
Certificate IV
Certificate IV in Meat Processing - AMP40222
This qualification reflects the role of individuals working in a meat processing environment, in supervisory, leadership or quality assurance roles. At this level workers provide specialist technical skills, knowledge and leadership, and have responsibility for overseeing the work carried out in a meat processing environment. They are required to work autonomously, use judgement, interpret information, and apply solutions to routine and some non-routine problems. They may take some responsibility for the output of others.This qualification offers optional specialisations in:Leadership Quality management. All work must be carried out to comply with workplace procedures, according to state/territory food safety, and work health and safety codes, regulations and legislation that apply to the workplace.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.
Campus | Duration | Fees | ATAR |
|---|---|---|---|
MORNINGTON | Full-time - 670 hours | $4,141 | N/A |
Subjects
- Apply communication strategies in the workplace
- Monitor workplace health and safety processes
- Oversee humane handling of animals
- Facilitate a competitive systems and practice culture in an organisation
- Contribute to meat processing premises design and construction processes
- Coordinate business operational plans
- Implement customer service strategies
- Manage own work performance and development
- Monitor meat preservation process
- Lead the development of diverse workforces
- Conduct a traceability exercise
- Identify, evaluate and control food safety hazards
- Perform process monitoring for Meat Hygiene Assessment
- Support food safety and quality programs
- Raise and validate requests for export permits and Meat Transfer Certificates
- Monitor the production of UCFM smallgoods
- Implement continuous improvement
- Apply principles of statistical process control
- Conduct and validate pH/temperature declines to MSA standards
- Lead team effectiveness
- Specify sheep product using AUS-MEAT language
- Monitor the production of processed meats and smallgoods
- Develop personal work priorities
- Facilitate the use of SCADA systems in a team or work area
- Maintain good manufacturing practice in meat processing
- Manage biogas facilities
- Supervise new recruits
- Perform microbiological procedures in the food industry
- Build productive and effective workplace relationships
- Manage the collection, monitoring and interpretation of animal health data
- Develop and implement work instructions and SOPs
- Support the learning and development of teams and individuals
- Prepare for and respond to an external audit of the establishment's quality system
- Conduct an internal audit of a documented program
- Control contaminants and allergens in food processing
- Undertake chiller assessment to AUS-MEAT requirements
- Coordinate recruitment and onboarding
- Specify beef product using AUS-MEAT language
- Communicate effectively as a workplace leader
- Develop and implement a TACCP and VACCP plan
- Collect and prepare standard samples
- Utilise refrigeration index
- Oversee compliance with Australian Standards for meat processing
- Foster a learning culture in a meat processing workplace
- Participate in the ongoing development and implementation of a HACCP based QA system
- Conduct a document review
- Oversee export requirements
- Apply project cost management techniques
- Apply meat science
- Demonstrate leadership in the workplace
- Coordinate a product recall
- Plan and coordinate production equipment maintenance
- Calculate carcase yield in a boning room
- Oversee meat processing establishment's Halal compliance
- Conduct an animal welfare audit of a meat processing premises
- Manage internal audits
- Perform offal Meat Hygiene Assessment
- Perform boning room Meat Hygiene Assessment
- Maintain a Meat Hygiene Assessment program
- Specify pork product using AUS-MEAT language
- Apply animal welfare and handling requirements
- Lead difficult conversations
- Perform carcase Meat Hygiene Assessment
- Manage utilities and energy for a production process
- Establish sampling program
- Coordinate workplace information systems
- Develop, implement and evaluate a pest control program in a food processing premises
- Monitor retail store financials
- Plan, conduct and report a workplace incident investigation