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    Butcher
1Certificate III Meat Processing (Meat Retailing) - MTM30807
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Employees prepare meat and meat products, provide advice on cuts of meat and sell meat to customers in a retail or supermarket environment
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Apply hygiene and sanitation practices
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Follow safe work policies and procedures
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Communicate in the workplace
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Overview the meat industry
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Use basic mathematical concepts
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Maintain personal equipment
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Sharpen knives
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Identify species and meat cuts
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Trim meat for further processing
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Store meat product
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Prepare minced meat and minced meat products
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Produce first aid
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Provide service to customers
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Clean a food handling area
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Select, weigh and package meat for sale
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Prepare and operate bandsaw
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Break and cut product using a bandsaw
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Prepare and slice meat cuts
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Trim meat to specifications
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Provide advice on cooking and storage of meat products
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Select, weight and package meat for sale
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Package product using manual packing and labelling equipment
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Make sausages
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Produce value added products
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Use basic methods of cookery
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Cure and corn product
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Prepare specialised cuts
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Assess carcase/product quality
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Calculate yield of carcase or product
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Manage stock
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Meet customer needs
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Provide advice on the nutritional role of meat
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Merchandise products, services
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Prepare and produce value added products
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Prepare, roll, sew and net meat
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Bone and fillet poultry
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Break carcase into primal cuts
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Prepare primal cuts
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Prepare portion control to specifications
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Order stock in a meat enterprise
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Cost and price meat products
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This Australian Apprenticeships occupation may attract additional incentives under a range of initiatives in the Australia Government's Skilling Australia for the future initiative. This may include incentives to take up a trade or upgrade your skills. For more information contact an Australian Apprenticeships Centre, call the Australian Apprenticeships referral line on 13 38 73, or go to Australian Apprenticeships Incentives
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Between 12 May 2010 and 12 November 2010, small and medium-sized employers (less than 200 employees) who employ a person aged 19 years and under as an Australian Apprentice in this occupation may be eligible for the Apprentice Kickstart Bonus totalling $3,350. For full details, terms and conditions contact an Australian Apprenticeships Centre or call the Australian Apprenticeships referral line on 13 38 73 or go to Apprentice Kickstart Extension
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Commencements in this qualification in 2008
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Commencement data source: National Apprentices and Trainees collection (March 2009 estimates), NCVER rounded estimates for the 2008 calendar year. Due to confidentiality reasons 'a' represents figures 1 to 4 inclusive. Qualifications with no recorded commencements may not appear. This data is for general information purposes only.
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