Career
Meat, Poultry and Seafood Process Workers
Hospitality & Tourism
Career stats
Weekly pay
$1,139
Prospects
Medium
Employed in Australia
13,500
Growth
Strong growth
Overview
Meat, Poultry and Seafood Process Workers slaughter and eviscerate poultry, and process, grade and package meat, poultry, fish and shellfish.
Job Titles
Job Tasks
This occupation may include associated occupations with varying 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
Training & Qualifications
Vocational education & training (VET)
- Certificate in Seafood or Poultry Processing
Short Courses Available
- Certificate I in Seafood Industry
- Certificate II in Meat Processing (Abattoirs)
- Certificate II in Meat Processing (Food Services)
- Certificate II in Meat Processing (Meat Retailing)
- Certificate II in Meat Processing (Packing Operations)
- Certificate II in Meat Processing (Rendering)
Industry
Hospitality & Tourism
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