Qualification details
Title
New Zealand Certificate in Meat Processing (Animal Product Examination)
(Level 5)
Version
1
Qualification type
Certificate
Level
5
Credits
130
NZSCED
110105 - Food, Hospitality and Personal Services > Food and
Hospitality > Butchery
Qualification developer
Primary ITO
Next review
December 2018
Approval date
April 2015
Strategic purpose statement
The purpose of this qualification is to provide experienced
employees for the meat processing sector who are able to work
as animal product examiners, in a supervisory capacity, in a
meat processing operation carrying out internal and external
examination and verification roles for the industry.
The learner will benefit by having a qualification that will allow
them to work as experienced animal product examiners, in a
supervisory capacity in a meat processing operation processing
meat for human consumption. This qualification provides a
training pathway that allows progression through the industry.
This qualification will ensure the establishment of standards of
competent performance in completing ante-mortem examinations
of stock or post-mortem examinations of animal products in a
meat processing operation processing meat products for human
consumption.
Outcome Statement
Graduate profile
Graduates of the qualification will be able to:

coordinate compliance for product quality, health and safety
and environmental practices and product safety programmes
in a meat processing operation

compliance check edible and inedible areas in a meat
processing operation

monitor and verify ante-mortem and post-mortem animal
examinations
Education pathway
This qualification can lead on from the New Zealand Certificate in
Meat Processing (Animal Product Examination) (Level 4) [Ref:
2483] and on to further study.
Employment pathway
This qualification can lead to employment as an experienced
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animal product examiner who is required to verify the work
carried out by animal product examiners carrying out antemortem or post-mortem examinations in a meat processing
operation processing meat products for human consumption.
Qualification specifications
Qualification award
This qualification may be awarded by the Primary ITO as the
qualification developer and the industry training organisation
arranging training leading to the qualification under section 5 of
the Industry Training Act 1992.
This qualification may also be awarded by an education
organisation accredited under section 250 of the Education Act
1989 to deliver an approved programme leading to this
qualification.
The formal document certifying the award of this qualification will
display the NZQF logo and may also include the name and/or
logo of the awarding education organisation.
Evidence requirements for
assuring consistency
All education organisations offering programmes leading to the
qualification must engage with arrangements for managing
consistency, including covering actual and reasonable related
costs.
Each education organisation is responsible for deciding what
specific evidence it will provide to demonstrate how well its
graduates meet the graduate profile outcomes of the
qualification.
Evidence of the following must be provided:

student feedback on course delivery and qualification
achievement, their perception of the value of the training, and
suggestions for improvements

feedback from employers on the level of skills, knowledge
and behaviour demonstrated by graduates of the qualification

evidence of effective internal quality assurance systems

portfolios of work and/or assessment samples demonstrating
the range of student performance within a programme

other relevant evidence that supports the consistency review
Minimum standard of
achievement and standards for
grade endorsements
The minimum standard of achievement required for award of the
qualification will be the achievement of all graduate outcomes in
the graduate profile through successful completion of a NZQA
approved programme.
Other requirements for the
qualification (including regulatory
body or legislative requirements)
It is recommended candidates hold the New Zealand Certificate
in Meat Processing (Animal Product Examination) (Level 4) [Ref:
2483] or the New Zealand Certificate in Meat Processing (Level
4) with strands in Boning Operations, Grading, Meat Quality,
Rendering, Slaughter and Dressing Carcasses and Optimising
Meat Yields (Level 4) [Ref: 2496], or demonstrate equivalent
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knowledge and skills.
General conditions for the programme leading to the qualification
General conditions for
programme
Tertiary education organisations arranging training or delivering
programmes towards this qualification must ensure that the
training arranged and programmes of learning are kept up-todate with regard to amendments to, and replacements of,
Overseas Market Access Requirements (OMARs) and General
requirements for export (GREXs) outlined by the Ministry for
Primary Industries.
All tasks are to be carried out in accordance with the Health and
Safety in Employment (HSE) Act 1992, the Animal Products Act
1999, and company quality, environmental and hygiene
requirements.
Conditions relating to the Graduate profile
Qualification outcomes
1
Conditions
Coordinate compliance for
product quality, health and
safety and environmental
practices and product safety
programmes in a meat
processing operation
(30 credits)
2
Compliance check edible and
inedible areas in a meat
processing operation
(60 credits)
3
Monitor and verify antemortem and post-mortem
animal examinations
(40 credits)
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Programmes may include the following unit standards:

13485

14899
Programmes may include the following unit standards:

27759

27760
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Transition information
Replacement information
This qualification replaced the National Certificate in Meat
Processing (Compliance Checks) (Level 5) with strands in Edible
Areas and Inedible Areas [Ref: 1497].
Learners currently enrolled in programmes leading to the replaced qualification may either complete the
requirements as specified below, or transfer their results to this replacement qualification.
The last date for entry into programmes leading to the replaced qualification is 31 December 2017. The
last date for award of the replaced qualification is 31 December 2019.
It is the intention of Primary ITO that no existing trainee should be disadvantaged by these transition
arrangements. Any person who considers they have been disadvantaged may appeal to the Primary ITO,
PO Box 10383, The Terrace, Wellington 6143. Email standards@primaryito.ac.nz.
Publication information
Version 1 of this qualification was republished in April 2016 to extend the last date for entry into
programmes leading to the replaced qualification to 31 December 2017 and the last date for award of the
replaced qualification to 31 December 2019.
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