Welcome delegates

MINTRAC 8th National

Training conference

Workforce Development and

the Australian Meat Industry

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The MINTRAC Report

Jenny Kroonstuiver

Clive Richardson

Jodie Hummerston

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Jenny Kroonstuiver

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Overview

• Over past twelve months:

– Greater emphasis on ‘extension’

– National brokerage of training programs

• Looking forward:

– New Strategic Plan

– Greater ‘whole of chain’ perspective

– Providing leadership in industry training

– Focus on developing and retaining a skilled

and motivated workforce.

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MTM11 Australian Meat Industry

Training Package • Version 1.1 – Skill Sets

• Version 2.1 – new unit

• Under review

– Meat retailing qualifications

• Under development

– New units - writing WIs/SOPs; NLIS

– New Skill Sets

• Business skills for butchers

• Smallgoods for butchers

• Abattoirs

• Waste water

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EBPPP and NWDF

• EBPPP

– Cert III Meat Safety - 89 graduates

– Cert IV Meat Safety - 41 graduates

– Diploma - 40 due to complete

• NWDF

– Dip; Adv Dip; Voc Grad Cert

– Cert IV OH&S

– Cert IV Lab Ops

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Professional development

• Bar Coding workshops

• Workforce development workshops

• AWOSS

• Livestock handling

• Effective stunning

• NSW Workplace Health and Safety

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• By end June:

– Waste Water Management Cert III – NSW & QLD

– Soil Testing – NSW & QLD

– Boiler Tuning – NSW

– Internal Auditing – NSW, QLD & SA

– HACCP Principles & Refresher – NSW & QLD

– QA for Supervisors – NSW & QLD

– MHA– NSW, VIC & QLD

– Knife Sharpening – NSW & QLD

– New Supervisor Induction – NSW, QLD & SA

– JSA & Hazard Analysis – NSW

– Working at Heights – NSW, QLD & SA

– Confined Space – All states

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For RTOs and Trainers

• Training Network

– 12 meetings

– ASQA transitions; funding changes

– Conference

– Training awards

• Benchmarking survey

– We’re in good shape

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Revised and new product

releases • Training and Assessment support materials for MTM11

• Certificate IV in Meat Processing (Quality Assurance)

RPL Kit

• Meat Safety Inspection Kit

• The Chopping Board - LLN support tool for butchery

apprentices

• Traineeship Induction Kit (Third edition)

• Delivering training in a meat processing plant (second

edition)

• Delivering training in a meat processing / meat retailing /

smallgoods enterprises (second editions)

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Waste Water and EOSS

• Waste Water

– upstream waste water treatment; anaerobic

ponds; aerobic ponds; methane gas capture

systems

– Operator manual under development

– National workshops in October/November

• Environmental Officer Skill Set

– Kit + T&A materials under development

– 2 national courses under NWDF July - Dec

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Clive Richardson

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Networks

MI and QA Network

•Regional network meetings

Strong industry, researcher and regulator support

Increasing RTO participation

New program of meat science research seminars

attached to meetings

•Well attended, successful annual conference

•Emerging issues include NLIS MHA revision,

review of MI procedures, increased mandatory

training, effective stunning

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Networks continued

Environment Network

•Strengthening regional meetings focused around

site visits and innovative technology

•Inaugural industry environmental conference in July

of 2012

•Increasing role for RTOs

•Emerging issues

Carbon Tax, escalating energy costs, water

efficiency, green house gas emissions management

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Livestock handling

project

• The DAFF project that started this

•Need for a cross sectoral consistent approach to livestock

handling training

•AHCLSK205A Handle livestock using basic techniques as

the base Unit

•Development of supporting training and assessment

materials

•Train the trainer and Pilot courses

•Cross sectoral use (Feedlots and

•Emerging issues; EU requirements, use of dogs and horses

in livestock handling

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Workforce innovation

project This is a workforce development planning project with

feedlot managers from JBS and Teys Australia.

This project will undertake

• PD for managers in workforce development planning

•Develop and pilot AWO and livestock handling training

•Assess materials and delivery options

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NLIS project.

The main driver is regulator concern over declining

NLIS compliance across the supply chain

MINTRAC developing

•generic work instructions and SOPs for NLIS data

at processing plants

•Units to cover the tasks associated with the

collection and processing of NLIS

•Training materials to support the delivery of these

Units

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Jodie Hummerston

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Meat industry Language,

Literacy and Numeracy

workshops

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AQIS AAO Induction program

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AQIS Validator training

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Meat Retailing Continuous

Improvement

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AgriFood International

Fellowship

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Meat Retail Training Conference

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WELL – The Chopping Board

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Welcome delegates

MINTRAC 8th National

Training conference

Workforce Development and

the Australian Meat Industry

www.mintrac.com.au

MINTRAC’s 8th

National Training Conference

Workforce Development

and the

Australian Meat Industry

Panel discussion Employing backpackers

Chair Peter Box

Jenny Kroonstuiver Jason Ollington JBS