Skilled Meat Worker (Pork)

Job Category:

Others

Job Level:

Skilled

Open Date:

31-Mar-2022

Location:

Australia

Close date:

31-Aug-2022

Client Industry:

AGRICULTURE

Job Description and Qualification:

QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum of 2 years experience as a Skilled Meat Worker at a medium/ large scale pork meat processing facility/ abattoir (e.g. Slaughterhouse)
Preferably a college graduate of a related course
If not a college graduate, must have a VALID IELTS certificate (overall band score of 5.0 with no minimum score for each of the 4 test parts) or PTE certificate (overall band score of 36 with no minimum score for each of the 4 test parts)
Must pass the Skills Assessment for the Australian Certificate III in Meat Processing
Competitive salary and benefits await successful candidates
Successful candidates can apply for Permanent Residence after completion of 3 years

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Stuns and kills livestock;
Prepares carcasses for further processing by removing internal organs and hides;
Operates switching controls to direct and drop carcasses and meat cuts from supply rails to boning tables;
Cuts meat to separate meat, fat, and tissue from around bones;
Washes, scrapes, and trims foreign material and blood from meat;
Cuts sides and quarters of meat into standard meat cuts, such as rumps, flanks, and shoulders, and
Removes internal fat, blood clots, bruises, and other matter to prepare them for packing and marketing;
Operates restrainer and stunning equipment;
Severs jugular veins of stunned animals to drain blood and facilitate dressing;
Trims and removes head meat and severs animal heads;
Slits open, eviscerates and trims animal carcasses; and
May slaughter livestock according to procedures required by religious customs.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

Employees with knife skills who perform work such as but not limited to head meat removal, trimming carcases, trimming meat cuts.
Performs all tasks as required within zone and competency level.
Trimming means trimming primal cuts of meat and/or other cuts/portions as designated to specification by removing defects such as but not limited to bone chips, glands, hair, excess fat, sinew, and cartilage.

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