Qualification Outline

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22/07/2026 6:03 AM AWST

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Certificate III in Meat Processing (General)

Certificate III in Meat Processing (General)

Qualification
National Code:
MTM30611
State Code:
D604
TGA Status:
Replaced
DTWD Status:
Replaced
National Endorsed, State Implementation and Classification
Field of Education
1101 - Food And Hospitality
Original TGA Release Date
20/04/2013
Approved Date
30/09/2011
Stream of Study
Initial Vocational (3100 - 3600)
VET Act Classifier
B
Nominal Hours
520
Duration
2 Semesters
Current Release Number
5.00
Current Release Date
20/04/2013
VET Act Conditions
—
Releases
Release Version Release Date TGA Status DTWD Status
5.00 20/04/2013 Current Approved
Description

This qualification covers work activities undertaken by workers in meat processing plants who are working in the areas of Quality Assurance or the laboratory.
Job roles
Job role titles covered by this qualification may include:
Quality Assurance officer
meat processing laboratory assistant
game harvester
game depot manager
pre-dressing game inspector
supervisor and leading hand
on-floor trainer.

Schedule
Packaging Rules
- complete all six (6) core units of competency
- complete a minimum of two (2) elective units of competency to a minimum value of thirty (30) points.

Up to three (3) units may be substituted with units selected from another Certificate III or IV qualification in this Training Package, or another Training Package or accredited course. The selected units must be relevant to the nominated meat processing job and must not duplicate units already contained in the qualification. Units selected will be worth 2 points.
1. Core Units

All six (6) units must be completed.

State Code National Code Title Hours Type
D8750 MTMCOR202A Apply hygiene and sanitation practices 40 Unit of competency
D8751 MTMCOR203A Apply Quality Assurance practices 40 Unit of competency
D8753 MTMCOR205A Communicate in the workplace 40 Unit of competency
D8752 MTMCOR204A Follow safe work policies and procedures 40 Unit of competency
D8749 MTMCOR201A Maintain personal equipment 20 Unit of competency
D8754 MTMCOR206A Overview the meat industry 20 Unit of competency
2. Elective Units

Complete a minimum of two (2) elective units of competency to a minimum value of thirty (30) points.
Please refer to the Training Package for the full list of unit points and other available options.

State Code National Code Title Hours Type
WE003 MTMP3004A Assess effective stunning and bleeding 40 Unit of competency
D9000 MTMPS300A Assess product in chillers 80 Unit of competency
D8935 MTMP3041C Backdown pig carcase 20 Unit of competency
D8931 MTMP3036C Bed dress carcase 160 Unit of competency
D8954 MTMP3066B Bone carcase using mechanical aids (large stock) 150 Unit of competency
D8943 MTMP3055C Bone large stock carcase - forequarter 150 Unit of competency
D8944 MTMP3056C Bone large stock carcase - hindquarter 150 Unit of competency
D8918 MTMP3015A Bone neck 30 Unit of competency
D8941 MTMP3052C Bone small stock carcase - leg 150 Unit of competency
D8951 MTMP3063B Bone small stock carcase - middle 75 Unit of competency
D8950 MTMP3062B Bone small stock carcase - shoulder 150 Unit of competency
D8947 MTMP3059C Break carcase using a bandsaw 150 Unit of competency
D9004 MTMPS415A Conduct an internal audit of a documented program 40 Unit of competency
WE709 MTMP3118A Conduct start up procedures and pre-operational checks on slaughter floor NLIS data equipment 20 Unit of competency
WB897 BSBFLM312C Contribute to team effectiveness 30 Unit of competency
D8938 MTMP3044B Drop sock and pull shoulder pelt 30 Unit of competency
D8932 MTMP3037C Eviscerate animal carcase 80 Unit of competency
WE004 MTMP3039D Eviscerate wild game field shot carcase 40 Unit of competency
D8761 MTMG302A Eviscerate, inspect and tag wild game carcase in the field 30 Unit of competency
D8921 MTMP3021C Explain opening cuts 10 Unit of competency
D8979 MTMP3105A Follow and implement an established work plan 10 Unit of competency
D8972 MTMP3095B Grade beef carcases using Meat Standards Australia standards 30 Unit of competency
WA693 MSL952002A Handle and transport samples or equipment 40 Unit of competency
D8971 MTMP3090B Implement a Quality Assurance program for rendering plant 60 Unit of competency
D8992 MTMP412A Inspect poultry 40 Unit of competency
D8993 MTMP413A Inspect ratites 20 Unit of competency
WE005 MTMP411B Inspect wild game meat 40 Unit of competency
D8915 MTMP3012C Make first leg opening cuts 40 Unit of competency
D8916 MTMP3013C Make second leg opening cuts 30 Unit of competency
WE701 MTMP3110A Manage NLIS data for livestock in lairage 20 Unit of competency
WE705 MTMP3114A Manage NLIS data for saleyard puchase of livestock 20 Unit of competency
WE716 MTMP3111A Manage NLIS data for sheep and goats in lairage 20 Unit of competency
WE710 MTMP3119A Manage NLIS data from RFIDs on the slaughter floor 40 Unit of competency
WE704 MTMP3113A Manage NLIS for direct purchase of sheep or goats 20 Unit of competency
WE703 MTMP3112A Manage NLIS for direct purchase of stock identified with an RFID 20 Unit of competency
WE706 MTMP3115A Manage NLIS for saleyard purchase of sheep or goats 20 Unit of competency
WE708 MTMP3117A Manage, report and upload mob based NLIS data for sheep and goats 30 Unit of competency
WE707 MTMP3116A Manage, report and upload NLIS slaughter data from RFIDs 40 Unit of competency
D8966 MTMP3085C Monitor boiler operations 60 Unit of competency
WE698 MTMP3005A Monitor the effective operations of electrical stimulation 20 Unit of competency
WA696 MSL954001A Obtain representative samples in accordance with sampling plan 40 Unit of competency
D8760 MTMG301A Operate a game harvesting vehicle 30 Unit of competency
D8937 MTMP3043B Operate air knife 10 Unit of competency
D8962 MTMP3081C Operate batch cooker 80 Unit of competency
D8968 MTMP3087C Operate blood processing plant 60 Unit of competency
D8933 MTMP3038C Operate brisket cutter, saw 40 Unit of competency
D8963 MTMP3082C Operate continuous cooker 70 Unit of competency
D8929 MTMP3033C Operate hide puller 60 Unit of competency
D8948 MTMP3060C Operate leg boning machine 100 Unit of competency
D8928 MTMP3032C Operate pelt puller 40 Unit of competency
D8964 MTMP3083C Operate press 50 Unit of competency
D8967 MTMP3086C Operate tallow processing plant 60 Unit of competency
D8949 MTMP3061C Operate trunk boning machine 100 Unit of competency
D8965 MTMP3084C Operate wet rendering process 100 Unit of competency
D8983 MTMP403B Oversee plant compliance with the Australian Standards for meat processing 20 Unit of competency
D8914 MTMP3011C Overview legging operation 10 Unit of competency
WE699 MTMP3108A Overview of the NLIS for sheep and goats 40 Unit of competency
WE700 MTMP3109A Overview of the NLIS program utilising RFIDs 30 Unit of competency
D8759 MTMG300A Overview wild game meat industry 20 Unit of competency
WA708 MSL973004A Perform aseptic techniques 40 Unit of competency
WA705 MSL973001A Perform basic tests 80 Unit of competency
D8960 MTMP3076B Perform boning room Meat Hygiene Assessment 20 Unit of competency
D8923 MTMP3023C Perform brisket cuts 40 Unit of competency
D8958 MTMP3074B Perform carcase Meat Hygiene Assessment 20 Unit of competency
D8922 MTMP3022C Perform flanking cuts 60 Unit of competency
D8917 MTMP3014C Perform legging on small stock 40 Unit of competency
D8980 MTMP3107B Perform manual chemical lean testing 20 Unit of competency
D8926 MTMP3026C Perform midline cuts 40 Unit of competency
D8961 MTMP3077B Perform offal Meat Hygiene Assessment 20 Unit of competency
D8959 MTMP3075B Perform process monitoring for Meat Hygiene Assessment 20 Unit of competency
D8925 MTMP3025C Perform rosette cuts 40 Unit of competency
D8924 MTMP3024C Perform rumping cuts 40 Unit of competency
WA655 MSL904001A Perform standard calibrations 60 Unit of competency
D8919 MTMP3016B Perform 'Y' cut 40 Unit of competency
WE711 MTMP3120A Prepare a kill sheet 20 Unit of competency
WG256 MTMP3067A Prepare and despatch meat products 80 Unit of competency
D8940 MTMP3046A Prepare and present viscera for inspection 20 Unit of competency
WA707 MSL973003A Prepare culture media 20 Unit of competency
D8936 MTMP3042C Prepare head for inspection 40 Unit of competency
WA706 MSL973002A Prepare working solutions 80 Unit of competency
D8969 MTMP3088C Produce rendered products hygienically 60 Unit of competency
D8976 MTMP3102B Provide coaching 10 Unit of competency
D8977 MTMP3103B Provide mentoring 10 Unit of competency
WA870 TAEDEL301A Provide work skill instruction 40 Unit of competency
D8763 MTMG304A Receive and inspect wild game carcases at a processing plant 30 Unit of competency
D8762 MTMG303A Receive and inspect wild game carcases from the field 30 Unit of competency
WA670 MSL922001A Record and present data 60 Unit of competency
D8930 MTMP3034C Remove pelt manually 60 Unit of competency
D8970 MTMP3089C Render edible products 20 Unit of competency
D8911 MTMP3008C Ring bung 40 Unit of competency
D8909 MTMP3006C Rod weasand 20 Unit of competency
D8927 MTMP3031C Scald and de-hair carcase 40 Unit of competency
D8912 MTMP3009C Seal bung 20 Unit of competency
D8910 MTMP3007C Seal weasand 10 Unit of competency
D8920 MTMP3017A Skin head 40 Unit of competency
D8945 MTMP3057C Slice and trim large stock forequarter 150 Unit of competency
D8946 MTMP3058C Slice and trim large stock hindquarter 150 Unit of competency
D8942 MTMP3054C Slice and trim leg - small stock 150 Unit of competency
D8953 MTMP3065B Slice small stock carcase - middle 150 Unit of competency
D8952 MTMP3064B Slice small stock carcase - shoulder 75 Unit of competency
D8913 MTMP3010A Split carcase 40 Unit of competency
D8907 MTMP3002C Stick and bleed animal 40 Unit of competency
WE002 MTMP3001D Stun animal 40 Unit of competency
WE712 MTMP3121A Undertake pre-slaughter checks of NVDs and PICs for NLIS for sheep and goats 20 Unit of competency
WE713 MTMP3122A Undertake pre-slaughter checks of NVDs, PICs and RFIDs 20 Unit of competency
D8939 MTMP3045B Undertake retain rail 20 Unit of competency
D8765 MTMG306A Use firearms to harvest wild game 30 Unit of competency
D8974 MTMP3100B Use standard product descriptions - beef 40 Unit of competency
D8978 MTMP3104B Use standard product descriptions - kangaroos 20 Unit of competency
D8975 MTMP3101B Use standard product descriptions - pork 40 Unit of competency
D8973 MTMP3099B Use standard product descriptions - sheep/goats 30 Unit of competency
Replaces
State Code National Code Title Type
W311 MTM30607 Certificate III in Meat Processing (General) Qualification
Replaced By
State Code National Code Title Type
BDJ0 AMP30616 Certificate III in Meat Processing (General) Qualification
No information
Entry Requirements

Not Applicable

Traineeships and Apprenticeships
(TR07870) MEAT PROCESSING - GENERAL (LEVEL 3) Traineeship