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FEBRUARY 2018

Training awards 2018 are now open. Applications are now open for the 2018 MINTRAC Meat Industry Training Awards. The annual awards

have been well supported by industry and every year there are several deserving winners in each

category.

This year there are six award categories:

Meat Industry Employer of the Year

Meat Industry Cert II or Cert III Student of the Year

Meat Industry Trainer of the Year

Meat Industry Training Initiative of the Year

Meat Industry Vocational Student of the Year.

Finalists will be invited to attend the awards dinner at the MINTRAC Training Conference where the

winners will be announced. This year the conference will be held in Sydney on 11 and 12 April.

Award criteria and entry forms are available on the MINTRAC website or email [email protected]

for more information.

If you are interested in sponsoring an award contact Rachel Murrell on [email protected] or call 02 9819 6699.

Some of 2017 winners

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What to expect!

The theme of this year’s conference will be ‘embracing

technological change’. Many of the presentations will look at the

impact of technology on the workforce, training strategies, and

recruitment processes.

Planning is still in the early stages, but here are just some of the

presentation areas we are planning to include.

2018 Paddock to Plate National Training Conference

11 and 12 April 2018

Novotel Olympic Park, Sydney

• Keynote address on the workforce of the future

• Keynote address on the challenges of using technology for training

• A range of workshops and presentations with an HR focus, such as becoming an employer of choice; creating a culture of recognition; and big data and the HR Manager

• Critical training requirements in poultry processing

• Augmented reality and training

• The use of social media in training

• Creating best practice assessment tools

• How to run an effective webinar training session.

The conference is an event build around the interests of Registered Training Organisations, Human

Resource Managers and related bodies involved with the provision of education and training services to the

Australian livestock production and processing industries.

The participation of regulators, and relevant Commonwealth, State and Territories Departments Research

and Development bodies and industry associations is also anticipated.

DAY 1 Registration from 8am

Conference 9am to 5pm

Dinner from 6.30pm

DAY 2 Conference 9am to 3pm

Conference dinner

• Presentation of the 2018 Meat Industry Training Awards

• Diploma Graduation

• Entertainment

Visit MINTRAC for full details and registrations

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Check out our new website!!

We have moved to our new website and it is looking pretty good we think but we do need your help. If

while you are visiting our site you see anything that is not quite right please email Tania Minehan

[email protected] and she will have it corrected/added/removed, whichever the case may be. Any

other feed back would also be very much appreciated.

If you have not taken a look yet please do so here www.mintrac.com.au and while you are there update

your bookmarks.

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Environment Network meetings –

what’s on and register for the mailing list

The MINTRAC/AMPC Environment Network provides opportunities for Environment Officers or

interested personnel on meat processing plants to hear about current and ongoing research and

development in the environment and sustainability area.

This year we have three meetings scheduled – 2 March in Melbourne, 5 March in Brisbane and 22 May

in Tamworth. Each meeting will cover a specific topic for example in Melbourne we will be talking

about research programmes in waste management, in Brisbane the focus will be water conservation

and in Tamworth the topic is energy efficiency.

There are also two site visits included in the meetings this year, one to see the solar energy project at

Hardwick Meatworks in Kyneton and the other to learn about the waste water management system at

Carlton Breweries in Yatala.

If you have not already done so you can contact MINTRAC to update your details and ensure you are on

the mailing list to receive the invitations to these meetings. Alternatively, you can book on the

MINTRAC website.

For more information about the Environment Network contact Rachel Murrell on 02 98186699 or email

[email protected]

Scholarships

If you are interested in completing a qualification in 2018 we have two scholarships available to assist

with study costs.

The AMPC Red Meat Processing Upskilling Scholarship is available to people working in levy paying

companies who are interested in gaining a qualification at a Certificate IV level or higher. There are five

scholarships available worth $5000 each.

We also have another KickStart scholarship available this year. Sponsored by Zenchiku, this $4000

scholarship is open to people working in the meat industry who want to study an industry relevant

qualification at a Certificate IV level or higher.

If you are interested in either of these scholarships contact Rachel Murrell on 02 98196699 or email [email protected]

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The Training Networks are changing ….

From the beginning of 2018, the Training Networks are being replaced with the HR, WHS and Training Net-

works.

We have a new and expanded agenda, and we are now starting earlier (10.00am). The networks are more

strongly focused on the operations and requirements of processors, in particular, Human Resources, WHS

and Training personnel.

We encourage you to join us to:

provide input into current workforce projects

provide input into the AMPC R&D Strategic Plan

hear about completed workforce projects

discuss your current workforce challenges and issues

catch up on current industry issues and research activities

gain an understanding of how your Company can access industry funded training and funding for

workforce projects

identify collaborative activities which can be undertaken

join in communication with State departments

gain information about current developments in the vocational education and training system

suggest workshops and topics of discussion for future meetings.

As always, it is free to attend these network meetings, but it is essential that you RSVP via the MINTRAC

website so that we can cater appropriately.

Over the past few weeks, MINTRAC has been contacting every processor and RTO to update our mailing

lists for these meetings. If the request has not reached you and you wish to be included, please contact

Tania on [email protected]. Be sure to let her know which State you are from and which

Network you wish to receive information about.

Development of a Maintenance Training Strategy

invitation for feedback

MINTRAC are currently undertaking an AMPC funded project to develop a training strategy in the area of

maintenance training. Many plants have trade qualified staff working in their maintenance section who

undertake trade qualifications such as a Certificate III in Engineering, however there are few training

pathways available for trades assistants or cross trade training for already trade-qualified staff.

Initial investigation and consultation has indicated an interest in developing accredited training and materials in this area and MINTRAC invites anyone interested in providing feedback on this project, in particular Engineering and Maintenance managers/office, to contact Sharon Fitzgerald [email protected] or 0408 612 883.

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Updates to Training and Assessment materials released

January 2018

Thank you to all those people who have taken time to write in and make recommendations about

changes, errors and updates for the Training and Assessment materials. We action new releases in

January and July of each year.

If you have already bought a disk containing the previous version of the specific unit materials, then all

you need to do is contact the MINTRAC office and ask for a free update to be emailed to you.

If you have not bought the disk, then you can be assured that the updated version will be included on all

future disks.

In January 2018, we made the following changes:

AMPA2003 Perform emergency kill – section about firearms added

AMPA2011 Cut hocks - material from an e-safety alert added

AMPA3119 Apply food animal anatomy and physiology to inspection processes - additional text added

AMPA3127 Perform post mortem inspection – wild game - minor corrections

AMPA411 Oversee humane handling of animals - additional text added; more quiz questions

AMPX419 Participate in product recall - Trade Practice Act has been replaced by the Competition and Consumer Act

SIRRINV002 Control stock - updated to new unit

SIRRMER003 Coordinate visual merchandising activities - updated to new unit

SIRRRTF001 Balance and secure point-of-sale terminal - updated to new unit

SIRRMRM001 Plan merchandise buying strategy - updated to new unit

FBPOPR2007 Work in a freezer storage area - updated to revised unit

FBPOPR2010 Work with temperature controlled stock - updated to revised unit

Unit by Unit listing of available resources Dec 2017 update - what changed?

Latest AMPC resources added (includes, reports, films, webinars and SnapShots)

Weblinks checked and updated

Poultry, plus new units added

Imported units updated

New AUS-MEAT resources added

Resources no longer available removed

The Unit-by-unit listing of available resources is located on the MINTRAC website

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Request for Permit training now available online

MINTRAC are now offering Request for Permit (RFP) training online. The training program covers the unit

AMPX424 Raise and validate request for export permits and Meat Transfer Certificates. Students have the

option of completing the training online and receiving a certificate of participation or doing an

assessment and receiving a Statement of Attainment for the unit of competency.

Once logged into the online program students go through the material and answer questions at the end

of each section. The questions are designed to help the students check their learning. Once the training is

completed students are issued with a knowledge based test which they send to MINTRAC for marking. If

students get all the questions correct they will be issued with their certificates of participation.

Students who wish to complete the formal option will be enrolled with an RTO and will need to complete

several assessment tasks. There is an extra cost for this.

The online program costs $210 including GST per person. You can purchase it on the MINTRAC website (on the products page) or email [email protected] for more information.

AMP Version 3 summary

As some of you may already be aware, the Australian Meat Processing Training Package Release 3 is about

to be made available. There have been some significant changes made to this Package including:

The addition of Animal Welfare Officer Assistant Skill Set

Ten units of competency were revised to meet the Standards for Training Packages 2012 and are to

be migrated from the Food Processing Training Package into the Meat Processing Training Package.

These units cover poultry processing.

Four new units have been added:

AMPA2078 Inspect meat for defects in a packing room

AMPA3136 Monitor welfare of stock during out-of-hours receival (this unit forms part of

the Animal Welfare Officer Assistant Skills Set

AMPA413 Participate in the ongoing review and development of an Emergency Animal

Disease site response plan

AMPX312 Calculate carcase yield in a boning room

Imported units deleted from their respective Training Packages have been replaced - it is important

to note that Waste Water Skill Sets now have nearly all new units.

A number of minor changes to units and qualifications such as additional elective units and the

correction of typographical and grammatical errors.

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Progress with the Model for Meat Inspection Training Project

at Charles Sturt University.

Many students undertaking studies in Agricultural Science or Animal Science never think of the meat

processing industry as a possible career. Now 14 students at the Wagga Campus of Charles Sturt

University have been given an opportunity through an AMPC funded project to gain Meat Safety /Quality

Assurance (QA) Qualifications and undertake extended placements with meat processing companies.

The undergraduates have undertaken the theory component of the Certificate Meat Safety course and

have now completed four weeks practical on the slaughter floor during their mid-semester and mid-year

breaks. Their practicals were done at a range of large, medium and small works and all students had

exposure to both export and domestic requirements.

After seven months in the course thirteen of the fourteen students are still enrolled, with five having

finished the Certificate III in Meat Safety already. All students are on track to having Certificate III and IV

meat industry qualifications by the end of this year and will be continuing on to the Certificate IV which is

focused on HACCP and QA systems.

Five students have done ovine inspection and another five bovine inspection with three having done both

species. Our first graduate student has started work in the meat processing industry while others who are

completing their degrees will be available for casual work until they graduate.

If you are interested in making contact with these students please contact Clive Richardson on 0409438390 or [email protected].

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Scholarship Opportunity

Agribusiness Leadership Program 2018

AMPC invites applications for scholarships for the 2018 Agribusiness Leadership Program. This leadership

development program is specifically designed for agribusiness leaders who want to make an impact and

see the power in collaboration to advance the sector.

WHAT?

The program focuses on:

strengthening leadership capabilities

facilitating deeper understanding of sectoral challenges and opportunities

fostering peer relationships and support

communication, influence and negotiation skills

effective and constructive collaboration

WHEN?

The program involves two face-to-face sessions and one flexible, online session. The proposed face-to-face

sessions dates are:

Session One: 18 - 23 March 2018

Session Two: 25 - 29 June 2018

COST?

The $12,000 program cost is funded by AMPC - this includes all program content, delivery, meals,

accommodation, and equipment (travel to venue is not included).

HOW TO APPLY?

You can apply directly for the scholarship through the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation.

Applications are due by 31 January.

For more information, please contact 02 6281 0680 or email [email protected].

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Proposed changes to the exam generator

MINTRAC is currently working on an AMPC funded project to review and redesign the Meat Safety exam generator. The project will enable the MINTRAC team to revisit the bank of questions and images to ensure that they provide an adequate coverage of the topics. Where necessary the questions and images will be enlarged to make it a better tool for assessing a candidate’s knowledge of a range of meat inspection topics which align with the accredited Units.

The topics covered by the exam generator will relate to accredited meat safety Units but not tied specifically to a Unit code. So, trainers delivering a Unit such as AMPA3121 Perform ante and post-mortem inspection – Bovine would use the exam generator topics ante mortem bovine and post mortem bovine. Each topic will be divided into groups and sub groups. For example, the topic post mortem inspection has a group “diseases” and this group has a number of sub-groups including “pluck”.

For organisations wishing to assess the currency of a Meat Safety Inspector’s knowledge then the new exam generator will enable an exam to be tailored to the species, the inspection position and the relevant diseases and conditions.

The new exam generator will be web based and will allow (Registered Training Organisations) RTOs to access the generator from the MINTRAC or AMPC web site. It will also allow RTOs to add questions and images to the exam generator and share them if they want with other RTOs.

Access to the exam generator will be via a password and RTOs with access rights will be able to issue their students with a password so they can set their own trial examinations. The generator will be reviewed each year and updated by questions and images provided by RTOs, companies and regulators.

If you want to become involved in the review of questions or images or have questions or images you would like to see added to the exam generator then please contact Clive Richardson on 0409438390 or [email protected] or Fiona Gojan 02 98196699 or [email protected].

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Cases for Change open for public comment on the Skills Impact website

A Case for Change sets out evidence for proposed changes to a training package (i.e. qualifications, skill sets

and units of competency). It includes the scope of the research, analysis and industry engagement

undertaken to collate the evidence base.

We welcome your feedback on the draft Cases for Change to see if they accurately describe industry skills

gaps and the need to review or develop qualifications, skill sets and units of competency.

The Cases for Change listed below have been prepared by Skills Impact under direction of the Meat

Industry Reference Committee (IRC). They are developed in conjunction with the IRC Skills Forecasts and

Proposed Schedules of Work and most often they will align to Priority Skills Areas outlined in these

documents.

The draft Cases for Change will be submitted to the Australian Industry and Skills Committee (AISC) for their

consideration. Once approved by the AISC, a Case for Change will form the basis of a project to review and

develop relevant qualifications, skill sets and units of competency

New Units in Threat & Vulnerability in Assessment Critical Control Points

This draft Case for Change provides evidence of industry and regulatory support for the development of

one new unit to support quality assurance workers in the analysis of Threat Assessment Critical Control

Points (TACCP) and Vulnerability Assessment Critical Control Points (VACCP) – a requirement for British

Retail Consortium (BRC) and other proprietary quality assurance systems. The BRC Global Standards are

used extensively by Australia’s international meat customers, and Australian meat processors are regularly

audited against these standards.

Development of a Food-Safe Pest Control Management Program

This draft Case for Change provides evidence of industry and regulatory support for the development of

new units and a skill set in pest control management for quality assurance workers in a meat processing

premises.

Adding Value to Material Handling Through Traceability of Products

This draft Case for Change provides evidence of industry support for the identification and/or development

of three new units and two skill sets to address skills requirements in meat storage and handling.

The full Cases for Change are available at https://www.skillsimpact.com.au/cases-for-change/

https://www.skillsimpact.com.au/cases-for-change/

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Out and about with MINTRAC

Well after many years of being tucked away in the corner of the bottom floor we are moving to a new

office.

Our new address is :

7/2-4 Northumberland Road

CARINGBAH NSW 2229

All phone numbers will remain the same

Phone: 02 9819 6699 or 1800 817 462

Fax: 02 9819 6099

Please be sure to update your postal details for MINTRAC to the above new address and feel free to come

by and see us once we have moved in.

The following dates are the important ones to remember :

Our office will be closed on 23 February 2018 with no email or phone access

but we will reopen in our new office on the 26 February 2018.

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Network meetings for January to June 2018

Do not forget to save the dates to your calendar.

Victoria

Engineering Network meeting

HR, WHS and Training Network meeting

MI&QA Network meeting

Environment Network meeting

Tuesday 27 February 2018

Wednesday 28 February 2018

Thursday 1 March 2018

Friday 2 March 2018

Queensland


Engineering Network meeting



Monday 5 March 2018

Tuesday 6 March 2018

Wednesday 7 March 2018


Western Australia



Tamworth




Wednesday 14 March 2018


New South Wales

Domestic MI&QA Network meeting

Tuesday 22 May 2018

Wednesday 23 May 2018

Thursday 24 May 2018

Wagga Wagga




Thursday 3 May2018

South Australia





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