Description

This qualification covers work activities undertaken by workers commencing work in an abattoir.
This qualification may be suitable for use in a pre-vocational or VET in Schools program. However, schools will need to take into consideration the substantial amount of on-the-job training required in this qualification, as well as the risks associated with work in an abattoir, including:
Q-fever and other zoontoic diseases
the use of knives
the demanding physical nature of some positions
proximity to machinery
use of automatic machinery.

Job roles
Job role titles covered by this qualification may include:
stockyard or lairage labourer
slaughter floor labourer
carcase trimmer
packer
offal room labourer
tripe room labourer
loadout operator
skin shed labourer
fellmongerer
by-products labourer
meat processing cleaner
field harvester of wild game
livestock handler in lairage.