Meat Process Worker – ANZSCO 831311

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Description

Processes carcasses of slaughtered livestock and prepares meat and meat products.

Skill Level

5

Alternative Titles

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Specializations

  • Offal Separator

Skills Assessment Authority

Caveats

No caveats apply to this occupation.

Group: 8313 Meat, Poultry and Seafood Process Workers

Description

slaughter and eviscerate poultry, and process, grade and package meat, poultry, fish and shellfish.

Tasks

  • processing offal and tripe
  • moving carcasses to chillers and freezers
  • loading meat products into trucks
  • packing boned and sliced meat into cartons
  • stunning and shackling poultry for killing and processing
  • severing jugular veins of poultry, and removing viscera and residual material from poultry carcasses
  • separating organs and glands, such as sweetbreads, livers, hearts and spleens, from poultry carcasses
  • inspecting and grading poultry, fish and shellfish for size and quality
  • packing fish and counting packs before freezing, and packing frozen fish blocks into cartons
  • operating machines which slice, peel, skin and crumb fish
  • cleaning and sanitising equipment and work areas

Skill Level

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications outlined below.

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