Qualification details
Title
New Zealand Certificate in Meat Processing (Animal Product Examination)
(Level 4)
Version
1
Qualification type
Certificate
Level
4
Credits
120
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 competent
employees for the meat processing sector who are able to work
as animal product examiners, under limited supervision, in a
meat processing operation, carrying out ante-mortem
examinations on stock or post-mortem examinations on meat
products used for human consumption.
The learner will benefit by having a qualification that will allow
them to work competently as animal product examiners 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
Education pathway
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Graduates of the qualification will be able to:

plan and manage work priorities to provide workplace
information in a meat processing operation

monitor the implementation of health and safety, food safety,
quality and environmental practices in a meat processing
operation

complete ante-mortem examinations of stock or post-mortem
examinations of animal products in a meat processing
operation, processing meat products for human consumption
This qualification can lead on from the New Zealand Certificate in
Meat Processing (Animal Product Examination) (Level 3) [Ref:
2482] and onto the New Zealand Certificate in Meat Processing
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(Animal Product Examination) (Level 5) [Ref: 2484].
Employment pathway
This qualification can lead to employment as an animal product
examiner in a meat processing operation carrying out antemortem examinations on stock or post-mortem examinations on
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)
There are no regulatory body or legislative requirements
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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
Plan and manage work
priorities to provide workplace
information in a meat
processing operation
(15 credits)
2
Monitor the implementation of
health and safety, food safety,
quality and environmental
practices in a meat processing
operation
(25 credits)
3
Complete ante-mortem
examinations of stock or postmortem examinations of
animal products in a meat
processing operation,
processing meat products for
human consumption
Programmes may include the following topics:

complete ante-mortem examinations on stock

complete post-mortem examinations on meat products
(80 credits)
Transition information
Replacement information
Qualification Reference 2483
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This qualification replaced the National Certificate in Animal
Product Examination Services with strands in Sheep and Goats,
Lambs, Cattle, Horses, Pigs, Bobby Calves, Deer, and Ostriches
and Emus, and with optional strands in Other Species, and Preslaughter Examination Services [Ref: 0785], and the National
Certificate in Meat Processing (Meat Industry Standards) [Ref:
0969].
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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 2016. The
last date for award of the replaced qualification is 31 December 2018.
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.
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