Meat and Poultry Industry Skills FDQ Certificate for Proficiency Level 3
Summary
Proficiency qualifications in Meat and Poultry Industry Skills have been designed to cover a broad range of skills from the monitoring of livestock, meat processing/butchery and butchery sales and service. Units which can go to make up these qualifications include animal lairage, slaughter, meat processing, and butchery through to retail.
Covering all functional roles within the industry allows learner’s access to knowledge specific to their organisation and an opportunity to up-skill in areas which their business needs most.
This qualification is Meat Training Council (MTC) approved.
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Who is this course for?
This qualification is designed for learners who are working in the meat and poultry industry or its supply chain, and is suitable for Production Managers, Area Managers, 1st Line Manager and Operatives. It covers a broad range of skills from handling of livestock, primary meat processing, secondary processing/butchery, packaging and butchery sales and service, while having a tactical focus.
It offers learners the opportunity to develop advanced skills and knowledge required to prove competence at work. It will also suit learners who are competent in meat processing activities and are looking for ways of developing their existing skills and knowledge, perhaps to support multi-skilled activities or increase productivity at work.
Entry requirements
There are no formal entry requirements. You must be employed within the meat and poultry industry and ideally have a Level 2 Certificate.
Course overview
During this course, you will complete 37 credits which are made up from units drawn from 3 groups:
- Primary and Secondary Processing – including livestock handling, welfare, butchery processing, butchery sales and service and support operations
- Common Operations – covering effective working with others, food safety standards and contributing to continuous improvement amongst others
- Meat Industry Knowledge – teaching the underpinning knowledge required to work in a meat and poultry processing environment such as principles of curing meat, chilling and freezing, weights and measures and food processing.
The aims and objectives for this course are:
- Re-establish the basics
- Develop assessment skills to ensure learning is implemented
- Reinforce key behaviours
- Â Develop competence in all aspects of the meat and poultry industry
- Â Develop existing skills and knowledge of those already
- Competent in meat and poultry processing activities
- Support multi-skilling activities or increasing productivity
- Establish competence and credibility for First Line Managers
- Be a key part of your business’ future profitability.
Assessment is through observations, discussions, questioning sessions and through the construction of a portfolio of evidence.
The duration of this programme is dependent on the business needs; learners usually complete the qualification within 12 months.
What's next?
Learners will emerge with advanced practical skills as well as technical and scientific underpinning knowledge.
Upon successful completion, learners may choose to progress to the next level.
Progression Routes
- Food Industry Skills FDQ Certificate for Proficiency Level 3
- Food Manufacturing Excellence FDQ Certificate for Proficiency Level 3
Why choose us?
- We are the leading provider of professional business training in the South West
- Our trainers have recent and relevant industry experience
- CCB provides learning for companies who want to train their staff as well as individuals who are seeking their own personal development
- With over 1000 courses including business skills, qualifications, bespoke training as well as a range of apprenticeship programmes, we help you add new skills to your organisation
- CCB offers flexible course delivery
- We can tailor any course to suit your business needs
- We have funding available to make your training budget go further
- An independent research study has shown that companies that have trained with CCB have seen 17% more growth than companies that have not
Additional Information
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