State/Territory Eligibility Summary Table

State/Territory Eligibility Details

831311: Meat Process Worker

Description

Processes carcasses of slaughtered livestock and prepares meat and meat products.

Skill Level 5

Occupations at Skill Level 5 have a level of skill commensurate with one of the following:

- NZ Register Level 1 qualification
- AQF Certificate I or
- Compulsory secondary education.

For some occupations a short period of on-the-job training may be required in addition to or instead of the formal qualification.
In some instances, no formal qualification or on-the-job training may be required.

• Assessing Authority

  There is no Assessing Authority assigned to ANZSCO code 831311

Specialisations

• Offal Separator

Specialisation titles are any commonly used titles which refer to a subset of jobs belonging to the occupation designated in the principal title. These jobs involve the performance of specialised tasks rather than the broader range of tasks usually performed in the occupation.

Unit Group 8313: Meat, Poultry and Seafood Process Workers

Description

Slaughter and eviscerate poultry, and process, grade and package meat, poultry, fish and shellfish.

Indicative Skill Level

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications outlined below.

- In Australia:

AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

- In New Zealand:

NZ Register Level 1 qualification, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

For some occupations a short period of on-the-job training may be required in addition to or instead of the formal qualification. In some instances no formal qualification or on-the-job training may be required.

Tasks

• Processing offal and tripe
• Moving carcasses to chillers and freezers
• Loading meat products into trucks
• Packing boned and sliced meat into cartons
• Stunning and shackling poultry for killing and processing
• Severing jugular veins of poultry, and removing viscera and residual material from poultry carcasses
• Separating organs and glands, such as sweetbreads, livers, hearts and spleens, from poultry carcasses
• Inspecting and grading poultry, fish and shellfish for size and quality
• Packing fish and counting packs before freezing, and packing frozen fish blocks into cartons
• Operating machines which slice, peel, skin and crumb fish
• Cleaning and sanitising equipment and work areas

Other occupations in this Unit Group

• 831312: Poultry Process Worker  
• 831313: Seafood Process Worker  

• Occupation ceilings programme year 2018-2019
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• Average Weekly / Annual Earnings 2018
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Explanatory Notes - Information

Eligibility

The term “may be eligible” relates to general eligibility and should not be misinterpreted as your individual eligibility to apply for a visa. Note that additional specific requirements and criteria also apply to visa eligibility (e.g. higher English requirements, evidences of a job offer, etc).

Definitions

• Occupation List refers to the register of professional occupations which might qualify for an Australian Visa. There are 7 skilled occupation lists in total.
• MLTSSL is the acronym for 'Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List'.
• STSOL is the acronym for 'Short-term Skilled Occupation List'.
• ROL is the acronym for 'Regional Occupation List'.
• IMMI 18/051, IMMI 18/048, IMMI 18/049, IMMI 18/43, IMMI 18/050 refer to current Legislative Instruments which list the table of occupations appropriate for the respective visa programmes.
• Caveats / Conditions refer to current caveats applying for a particular occupation under specific visa programmes.

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