This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to conduct benchmarking exercises through the identification of appropriate benchmarks. It also describes the skills required to use benchmarking to focus enterprise operations and improve performance. In the meat industry, benchmarking is a tool for informing, measuring and developing an enterprise's performance.This unit is suitable for all managers working in a meat industry context, and supports them in fulfilling their responsibility to measure, evaluate and improve enterprise performance. This unit is applicable to engineers, refrigeration/chiller managers, production and operations managers, feedlot managers, and workplace health and safety, environment, quality, human resources (HR), finance, livestock, and logistics managers.At this level, individuals exercise considerable responsibility and accountability within enterprise structures and are required to make primary contributions to the values, goals and operations of the enterprise. They will typically have responsibility for establishing and reviewing systems for their site or department. They may work with the assistance of external experts to develop plans and strategies.This unit must be delivered using Australian meat industry standards and regulations.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements are known to apply to this unit at the time of publication.