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Key details

Duration

2 year/s

This program is delivered over a period of 18 months. The length of time to complete this qualification will vary depending upon how long a student takes to reach the required competency level.

Intake

Locations

Palmerston
Not available to international students.

Course code

AMP20415

Overview

This qualification covers work activities undertaken by workers in meat retailing enterprises.

Career opportunities

This qualification provides a pathway to work in organisations such as butcher shops, supermarkets, delicatessens, game meat handling facilities and specialty gourmet shops.
Possible job titles relevant to this qualification include:

  • butcher shop assistant
  • meat department assistant
  • packing assistant

Credit transfers and advanced standing

Skill recognition

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)

RPL is the acknowledgement of a person's skills and knowledge acquired through previous training, work or life experience, which may be used to grant status or credit in a subject regardless of how and where they were attained, including overseas.This can include skills from:

  • Previous study excluding courses at another VET/TAFE institution, but including courses at school or college, through adult education classes or training programs at work;
  • Work experience (including both work that is paid and unpaid); and/or
  • Life experience (for example leisure pursuits or voluntary work).

RPL is a form of assessment. It is used to determine whether a person has acquired, through formal or informal learning, the skills and experience consistent with the stated competency standards that comprise a qualification. RPL is not time referenced, so there are no parameters on how or when the skills are acquired. However, the skills that have been acquired through life experience etc., must be current and must match the elements and performance criteria contained in the individual unit.

Students seeking RPL need to indicate this on their enrolment form at the time of enrolment.

For further information please refer to the Applicant's Guide to the Recognition of Prior Learning or contact Student Central on 1800 061 963 (free call) or email Student.Central@cdu.edu.au.

Credit Transfer

Charles Darwin University as a Registered Training Organisation recognises the Australian Qualifications Framework qualifications and Statement of Attainments issued by any other Australian Registered Training Organisation.

Students are encouraged to submit any requests for credit from previous studies at the time of enrolment, to ensure they are not enrolling in units they may not need to undertake.

In order to apply for exemption/credit transfer from units completed at another training organisation, you will need to complete an Application for Exemption Form available from any campus, centre, or team, or a copy of the form can be obtained from the web.

Your completed Application for Exemption form together with attached documentary evidence (certified copy of Qualification/Statement of Attainment) to support your request for exemption/credit transfer should be submitted directly to the University either in person or by mail. Requests without documentary evidence will not be processed and will be returned to students. There are no fees attached to Credit Transfers.

Pathways

VET to Higher Education Pathway Mapping for completed Awards in the same field or discipline.

Further training pathways from this qualification include but are not limited to AMP30815 Certificate III in Meat Processing (Retail Butcher).

Fees

2023 course fee for students who are eligible for an NT Government supported place is $825.00, and for students who are not eligible is $11,000.00.

VET fee exempt

Exemptions apply to VET tuition fees for NTG supported courses only.

At the time of enrolment, students in these categories will be exempt from paying tuition fees:

  • Recipient of a Centrelink payment
  • Recipient of a Veteran's Affairs payment
  • Enrolled Secondary Students
  • Permanent residents with refugee or humanitarian status

Certified copy of the evidence must be provided at the time of enrolment.

If your course is delivered in a location that is listed on the NTG’s Location Categories for VET Funded Programs, with remote as the location category you may be eligible for the Remote 2 Location tuition fee exemption.

Delivery allowance for VET funded programs

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Reach your full potential with skills in the dynamic culinary arts and food processing industry. Upskill with a hands-on training course.

  • Learn in state-of-the-art commercial facilities
  • Qualify faster with recognition of prior learning
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Why study cookery or baking at CDU?

Gain the skills to reach your full potential in the dynamic culinary arts and food processing industry. Upskill yourself with a hands-on training course for you at CDU.

  • learn in state-of-the-art commercial facilities

What will I study?

To achieve AMP20415 Certificate II in Meat Processing (Meat Retailing) a total of twenty-seven (27) units of competency must be completed comprising five (5) Core and twenty-two (22) Elective units as detailed in the packaging rules and listed below. The electives offered may vary between campuses.

Course structure

The total Nominal Hours for the sequence listed below is 550.

CodeModule/Unit of Competency
Hours
CORE UNITS OF COMPETENCY
AMPCOR202Apply hygiene and sanitation practices
40
AMPCOR204Follow safe work policies and procedures
40
AMPCOR205Communicate in the workplace
40
AMPCOR206Overview the meat industry
20
FBPOPR2069Use numerical applications in the workplace
30
 Total nominal hours for core units
170
ELECTIVE UNITS OF COMPETENCY - GROUP A
AMPCOR201Maintain personal equipment
20
AMPR101Identify species and meat cuts
15
AMPR102Trim meat for further processing1
10
AMPR103Store meat product
10
AMPR104Prepare minced meat and minced meat products1
15
AMPR105Provide service to customers
15
AMPR106Process sales transactions
10
AMPR108Monitor meat temperature from receival to sale
10
AMPR203Select, weigh and package meat for sale
10
AMPR212Clean a meat retail work area
20
AMPX209Sharpen knives40
 Total nominal hours for elective units - Group A
175
ELECTIVE UNITS OF COMPETENCY - GROUP B
AMPCOR203Comply with Quality Assurance and HACCP requirements40
AMPR202Provide advice on cooking and storage of meat products2
10
AMPR204Package product using manual packing and labelling equipment
10
AMPR206Vacuum pack product in a retail operation
20
AMPR209Produce and sell value-added products1
10
AMPR210Receive meat products10
AMPR307Merchandise products, services25
AMPR311Prepare portion control to specifications110
AMPX201Prepare and operate bandsaw
20
AMPX210Prepare and slice meat cuts1
30
AMPX211Trim meat to specifications120
 Total nominal hours for elective units - Group B205
 Total nominal hours for the qualification550

1 requires pre-requisite unit AMPX209 Sharpen knives
2 requires pre-requisite unit AMPR105 Provide service to customers

Entry requirements

Admission criteria

This program is open to senior level school students in year 10 and above who have expressed interest in becoming a meat retail butcher.

It is also open to students who are employed in a meat retail outlet and may be school leavers through to mature age persons.

There are no specified eligibility/entry requirements for this qualification; however, in order to meet the requirements of the training package, students enrolling into AMP20415 Certificate II in Meat Processing (Retail Butcher) with CDU must be employed within the meat industry.

At the time of enrolment, students will be required to undertake a Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) evaluation to help identify any areas where you may need additional support to help you achieve your goals.

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They were very passionate and knowledgeable and worked hard to meet both the learning and personal needs of students. Their care and individual attention meant that students like me received additional one-on-one training when I missed classes due to family or work commitments. 

Leah

CDU student

CDU student Leah Sloane in front of her pub

The lecturers really care about us, and CDU has really good equipment to support our study. If you really want to join this course, you must know that everyone can cook, but not everyone can be a chef.

Nicholas

CDU student

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Course details

Accreditation

This is a current, nationally accredited qualification from the AMP Australian Meat Processing Training Package.

Employability skills

Employability Skills are embedded in the training and assessment of national training package qualifications. Information on the Employability Skills relevant to your qualification can be obtained by visiting this website and keying in the national code for the qualification: training.gov.au

Location and study mode

Delivery at all locations is subject to sufficient demand and resources.

Locations:Palmerston

Study Mode: Workplace assessment

Subject to demand other locations and modes may become available throughout the year.

Additional information

Sector
Vocational Education & Training
Industry groups
FOOD PROCESSING
Occupation types
Meat Process Worker
Area of study
Culinary Arts, Tourism and Hospitality

Contact details

Email:Student.Central@cdu.edu.au. Phone: 1800 061 963 (free call).

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