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MINTRAC training products – update

New products recently released.

Disease and contamination Image library – this was released as a downloadable web-based resource on June 1. It is currently accessible from the MINTRAC website and then later from the AMPC website when it is ready.

Meat Safety Training and Assessment materials - this disk contains assessment materials to support all of the Units of Competency contained within Certificates III-IV in Meat Processing qualifications in Meat Safety. In addition, the disk includes:

- Skills checks for meat processing
- Sector companion Guide

Goats skin on – brochure, film, flip charts and Meat & Livestock Australia training materials - MLA released these in June and they are accessible here

Grass seed scoring tool – available from MINTRAC.

SME Snapshots and Booklets – available from MINTRAC

Product review and upgrade.

MINTRAC has been gradually updating kits and CDs to meet the changes in the AMP Australian Meat Industry Training Package.Progress is noted below In most cases only minor alterations have been made and it is suggested that you do not rush to purchase the updated kits unless they are being used for training and assessment purposes.

Product Progress
Game harvesting kit
Includes Kangaroo dressing procedure DVD
Completed
Beef and sheep offal recovery, processing and specifications Completed
Essential skills for supervisors Completed
Food Safety auditing kit Completed
Handling young calves for slaughter Completed
Humane slaughtering in the meat processing industry Completed
Refrigeration Index Training Kit Completed
Tripe processing kit Completed

Upgrades made to Training and Assessment materials.

Over the last few months users of the Training and Assessment materials have helpfully advised us where there are errors, or where alterations are required. Adjustments have now been made to the following materials, as shown.
If you have already purchased the disk with these materials, please contact Tania Minehan at MINTRAC for a free copy of the updated materials – tminehan@mintrac.com.au

Unit What has been changed
AMPCOR204 Follow safe work policies and procedures Knowledge test – alignment of answers to questions fixed
AMPCOR206 Overview the meat industry Materials added to cover environment and animal welfare
Elements; questions added to knowledge test.
AMPA3051 Bone large stock carcase - hindquarter List of suggested primal cuts in Workplace Referees Report and On-the-job-Assessment corrected to hindquarter primals
Tripe processing kit Some small changes made to the Student notes Don’t trash the tripe, following Dept. Agriculture and Water Resources review.
Meat Retailing Companion Guide Definitions of ‘small’ and ‘large’ stock added.