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Specialist Meat Processing Skills Standards Endorsed

Thanks to everyone who contributed to the projects listed below, Australia’s meat processing industry will soon have access to updated skills standards for a range of specialist job roles.

The units and skill sets have been endorsed by the Australian Industry and Skills Committee (AISC) and the State and Territory Ministers.

Some units from the BSB Business Services and HLT Health training packages will be included in the updated qualifications. The AISC Secretariat is currently working with Skills Impact and the Meat IRC on the best way to transition to the updated BSB and HLT units, so there is minimal disruption to training providers and students. Once this body of work has been approved by the AISC, the qualifications and skills standards will be published on training.gov.au and available for RTOs to put on scope.

For further information visit the individual project pages.

Game Harvesting Auditing Project

developed skills standards for the audit of mobile chillers or ‘depots’ used to transport game meat from harvester to processor, to support quality and safety standards of Australian game meat.

Halal Meat Processing Project

developed one skill set and two units in halal meat processing, supporting industry with consistent skills standards as it moves toward a single halal certification.

Poultry Processing Project

reviewed and developed skills standards to support the skills required to work with increasingly automated systems in the poultry processing sector.