Qualification Outline

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Certificate II in Meat Processing (Abattoirs)

Certificate II in Meat Processing (Abattoirs)

Qualification
National Code:
MTM20100
State Code:
E226
TGA Status:
Deleted
DTWD Status:
Archived
National Endorsed, State Implementation and Classification
Field of Education
1101 - Food And Hospitality
Original TGA Release Date
29/11/2000
Approved Date
27/03/2002
Stream of Study
Initial Vocational (3100 - 3600)
VET Act Classifier
B
Nominal Hours
400
Duration
Unspecified
Current Release Number
1.00
Current Release Date
29/11/2000
VET Act Conditions
—
Releases
Release Version Release Date TGA Status DTWD Status
1.00 29/11/2000 Current Archived
Description
Schedule
1.

COMPULSORY CORE UNITS:
To meet the requirements of the Training Package, all Core Units in Group 1 must be successfully completed, plus units from Group 2 to a minimum of 200 hours.
NOTE 1: Up to 150 hours may be selected from Certificate III in Meat Processing qualifications for the level 2 qualification.
NOTE 2: Unit MTMMP11B Sharpen Knives is pre-requisite for all units requiring use of a knife.

State Code National Code Title Hours Type
E1515 MTMMP2B Apply hygiene and sanitation practices 40 Unit of competency
E1516 MTMMP3B Apply quality assurance practices 40 Unit of competency
E1518 MTMMP5B Communicate in the workplace 40 Unit of competency
E1517 MTMMP4B Follow safe work policies and procedures 40 Unit of competency
E1514 MTMMP1B Maintain personal equipment 20 Unit of competency
E1519 MTMMP6B Overview the meat industry 20 Unit of competency
2.

ELECTIVE TECHNICAL UNITS

State Code National Code Title Hours Type
E1570 MTMP2072A Assemble and prepare cartons 20 Unit of competency
E1578 MTMP2091A Assess dentition 10 Unit of competency
E1538 MTMP2019A Bag tail and remove tag 20 Unit of competency
E1583 MTMP2096A Bar head and remove cheek meat 20 Unit of competency
E1581 MTMP2094A Bone head 40 Unit of competency
E1642 MTMP2187A Break down and bone carcase for pet meat or rendering 40 Unit of competency
S0755 TDTD2097A Care for livestock in transit 30 Unit of competency
E1624 MTMP2162A Chemically treat skins for fellmongering 20 Unit of competency
E1646 MTMP2197A Clean after operations - boning room 40 Unit of competency
E1647 MTMP2198A Clean after operations - slaughter floor 40 Unit of competency
E1657 MTMPS205A Clean chillers 20 Unit of competency
E1644 MTMP2191A Clean ironwork 20 Unit of competency
E1653 MTMPS201A Clean work area during operations 40 Unit of competency
E1537 MTMP2018A Complete changeover operation 10 Unit of competency
E1610 MTMP2136A Complete repack operation 40 Unit of competency
E1660 MTMPSR301A Cure and corn product 20 Unit of competency
E1534 MTMP2015A Cut hocks 10 Unit of competency
E1554 MTMP2041A De-rind/de-nude meat cuts 10 Unit of competency
E1622 MTMP2155A Despatch hide or skin 40 Unit of competency
E1630 MTMP2171A Dispose of condemned carcase 10 Unit of competency
S0739 TDTC597B Drive heavy combination vehicles 40 Unit of competency
S0738 TDTC497B Drive heavy rigid vehicles 40 Unit of competency
S0736 TDTC297A Drive light rigid vehicles 40 Unit of competency
E1579 MTMP2092A Drop tongue 10 Unit of competency
E1632 MTMP2173A Eviscerate condemned carcase 20 Unit of competency
E1529 MTMP2003A Feed race and restrain animal 20 Unit of competency
E1601 MTMP2123A Further process tripe 30 Unit of competency
E1563 MTMP2061A Grade carcase 80 Unit of competency
E1621 MTMP2154A Grade hide or skin 60 Unit of competency
E1530 MTMP2011A Identify animals using electronic systems 20 Unit of competency
E1571 MTMP2074A Identify cuts and specifications 60 Unit of competency
E1561 MTMP2055A Inspect forequarter and remove contamination 20 Unit of competency
E1560 MTMP2054A Inspect hindquarter and remove contamination 20 Unit of competency
E1569 MTMP2071A Inspect meat for defects 40 Unit of competency
E1567 MTMP2065A Label and stamp carcase 20 Unit of competency
E1606 MTMP2132A Load out product 40 Unit of competency
E1609 MTMP2135A Locate storage areas and product 20 Unit of competency
E1656 MTMPS204A Maintain production records 100 Unit of competency
E1535 MTMP2016A Mark brisket 10 Unit of competency
E1566 MTMP2064A Measure fat 20 Unit of competency
E1540 MTMP2021A Number carcase and head 10 Unit of competency
C0034 BSATEC203A Operate a computer to produce simple documents 19 Unit of competency
S0744 TDTD1097A Operate a forklift 40 Unit of competency
E1643 MTMP2188A Operate air filtration system 40 Unit of competency
E1577 MTMP2085A Operate automatic CL determination machine 20 Unit of competency
E1638 MTMP2183A Operate blow line 40 Unit of competency
E1574 MTMP2082A Operate carton scales 20 Unit of competency
E1576 MTMP2084A Operate carton-forming machine 20 Unit of competency
E1573 MTMP2081A Operate carton-sealing machine 20 Unit of competency
E1550 MTMP2037A Operate circular saw 10 Unit of competency
E1532 MTMP2013A Operate electrical stimulator 10 Unit of competency
E1658 MTMPS206A Operate forklift in specific workplace 60 Unit of competency
E1637 MTMP2182A Operate hogger 40 Unit of competency
E1639 MTMP2184A Operate meat meal mill 40 Unit of competency
E1553 MTMP2040A Operate mincer 20 Unit of competency
E1555 MTMP2042A Operate new technology or process 20 Unit of competency
E1548 MTMP2035A Operate nose roller 20 Unit of competency
E1549 MTMP2036A Operate pneumatic cutter 10 Unit of competency
E1546 MTMP2033A Operate rise and fall platform 10 Unit of competency
E1544 MTMP2031A Operate scalding/dehairing equipment 40 Unit of competency
E1655 MTMPS203A Operate scales and semi-automatic labelling machinery 80 Unit of competency
E1565 MTMP2063A Operate semi-automatic tagging machine 40 Unit of competency
E1556 MTMP2043A Operate sterivac equipment 20 Unit of competency
E1575 MTMP2083A Operate strapping machine 20 Unit of competency
E1552 MTMP2039A Operate tenderiser 10 Unit of competency
E1547 MTMP2034A Operate vacuum blood collection process 20 Unit of competency
E1640 MTMP2185A Operate waste recovery system 30 Unit of competency
E1545 MTMP2032A Operate whizzard knife 10 Unit of competency
E1626 MTMP2164A Operate wool drier and press 30 Unit of competency
E1527 MTMP2001A Overview animal welfare and handling requirements 20 Unit of competency
E1645 MTMP2196A Overview cleaning program 20 Unit of competency
E1584 MTMP2101A Overview edible offal processing 20 Unit of competency
E1623 MTMP2161A Overview fellmongering operations 20 Unit of competency
E1618 MTMP2151A Overview hide/pelt/skin processing 20 Unit of competency
E1611 MTMP2141A Overview offal processing on the slaughter floor 20 Unit of competency
E1636 MTMP2181A Overview rendering process 20 Unit of competency
E1641 MTMP2186A Pack and despatch rendered product 40 Unit of competency
E1572 MTMP2075A Pack meat product 60 Unit of competency
E1562 MTMP2056A Perform retain rail operations 20 Unit of competency
E1628 MTMP2166A Perform skin fleshing operation 30 Unit of competency
E1627 MTMP2165A Perform sweating operation on fellmongered skins 30 Unit of competency
E1605 MTMP2131A Prepare and despatch meat product orders 80 Unit of competency
E1652 MTMPR201A Prepare and operate bandsaw 20 Unit of competency
E1599 MTMP2121A Prepare and trim honeycomb 30 Unit of competency
E1528 MTMP2002A Prepare animals for slaughter 40 Unit of competency
E1551 MTMP2038A Prepare carcase and equipment for hide/pelt puller 10 Unit of competency
E1625 MTMP2163A Prepare chemicals for fellmongering 30 Unit of competency
E1543 MTMP2024A Prepare hide/pelt for removal 20 Unit of competency
E1612 MTMP2142A Present offal for inspection 20 Unit of competency
E1604 MTMP2126A Process bibles 20 Unit of competency
E1593 MTMP2110A Process brains 10 Unit of competency
E1588 MTMP2105A Process head meat 10 Unit of competency
E1586 MTMP2103A Process heart 10 Unit of competency
E1590 MTMP2107A Process kidney 10 Unit of competency
E1587 MTMP2104A Process lips 10 Unit of competency
E1592 MTMP2109A Process liver 10 Unit of competency
E1633 MTMP2175A Process paunch 40 Unit of competency
E1635 MTMP2177A Process pet meat 40 Unit of competency
E1595 MTMP2112A Process runners (gold beaters) 40 Unit of competency
E1634 MTMP2176A Process slink by-products 10 Unit of competency
E1603 MTMP2125A Process small stock tripe 20 Unit of competency
E1597 MTMP2114A Process spinal cord 10 Unit of competency
E1594 MTMP2111A Process tail 10 Unit of competency
E1596 MTMP2113A Process tendons 10 Unit of competency
E1585 MTMP2102A Process thick skirts 10 Unit of competency
E1598 MTMP2115A Process thin skirts 10 Unit of competency
E1591 MTMP2108A Process tongue 10 Unit of competency
E1589 MTMP2106A Process weasand 10 Unit of competency
S0811 TDTF897B Provide first-aid in the workplace 25 Unit of competency
E1541 MTMP2022A Punch pelts 20 Unit of competency
E1600 MTMP2122A Recover mountain chain 30 Unit of competency
E1617 MTMP2147A Recover thin skirts 20 Unit of competency
E1654 MTMPS202A Re-inspect boneless meat 40 Unit of competency
E1542 MTMP2023A Remove brisket wool 10 Unit of competency
E1582 MTMP2095A Remove cheek meat 20 Unit of competency
E1533 MTMP2014A Remove head 10 Unit of competency
E1616 MTMP2146A Remove thick skirts (flares in pigs) 20 Unit of competency
E1620 MTMP2153A Salt hide or skin 40 Unit of competency
E1615 MTMP2145A Separate and tie runners 10 Unit of competency
E1613 MTMP2143A Separate offal 20 Unit of competency
E1531 MTMP2012A Shackle animal 20 Unit of competency
E1522 MTMMP11B Sharpen knives 40 Unit of competency
E1631 MTMP2172A Skin condemned carcase 40 Unit of competency
E1536 MTMP2017A Skin head 40 Unit of competency
E1629 MTMP2167A Skirt and weigh fellmongered wool 20 Unit of competency
E1607 MTMP2133A Store carcase product 20 Unit of competency
E1608 MTMP2134A Store carton product 20 Unit of competency
E1648 MTMP2201A Transport food 40 Unit of competency
E1558 MTMP2052A Trim forequarter to specification 20 Unit of competency
E1619 MTMP2152A Trim hide or skin 40 Unit of competency
E1559 MTMP2053A Trim hindquarter to specification 20 Unit of competency
E1557 MTMP2051A Trim neck 20 Unit of competency
E1614 MTMP2144A Trim offal fat 10 Unit of competency
E1539 MTMP2020A Trim pig pre-evisceration 40 Unit of competency
E1602 MTMP2124A Trim processed tripe 20 Unit of competency
E1659 MTMPSR201A Vacuum pack product 80 Unit of competency
E1568 MTMP2066A Wash carcase 10 Unit of competency
E1580 MTMP2093A Wash head 10 Unit of competency
E1564 MTMP2062A Weigh carcase 20 Unit of competency
Replaces
State Code National Code Title Type
E047 MTM20198 Certificate II in Meat Processing (Abattoirs) Qualification
Replaced By
State Code National Code Title Type
W302 MTM20107 Certificate II in Meat Processing (Abattoirs) Qualification
VET Info Notes
This training program is a representation of the qualification code MTM20100 taken from the AUSTRALIAN MEAT INDUSTRY TRAINING PACKAGE MTM00 which should be consulted for full description of requirements. MTM00 is accredited until 30 November 2003.

1. This qualification is the copyright of The Australian National Training Authority.

2. Further information on this qualification is contained in the Training Package available from Australian Training Products Ltd., Tel: (03) 9630 9836.

3. This qualification was entered on to the STARS by the Service Industries Curriculum Support Services Network, South East Metropolitan College of TAFE on 14 March, 2002.
Entry Requirements
No information
Traineeships and Apprenticeships
(TR00690) MEAT PROCESSING - ABATTOIRS (LEVEL 2) Traineeship