New Zealand Certificate in Meat Processing (Animal Product Examination)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Subject area
Butchery
Qualification
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Entry requirements
None.
About the course
What can I expect out of this qualification?
The purpose of this qualification is to provide competent employees for the meat processing sector, who are able to work as animal product examiners in a pet food, poultry, or rabbit processing operation, carrying out basic ante-mortem or post-mortem examinations.
The programme is stranded to reflect the specialist requirements of poultry, rabbit, and petfood post-mortem and anti-mortem procedures.
The meat processing sector will benefit by having a qualification that establishes standards of competent performance in animal product examination that can provide domestic and international markets with confidence in a quality range of pet food or poultry products.
Graduates will be capable of working under supervision with responsibility for their work outcomes.
What graduates earn
Graduates who studied Food and Hospitality at this level can earn:
$35,000
Median earnings one year after study
$39,000
Median earnings two years after study
$46,000
Median earnings five years after study
Status one year after study
Employment rate two years after study
58%
Employment rate two years after study
Data as at November 2021
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Contact details
Main Campus Office
Free phone: 0800 691 111
Phone: (08) 00 20 80 20
Fax: (04) 801 9626
Email: info@primaryito.ac.nz
Web: http://www.primaryito.ac.nz
Sources
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