National Certificate: General
Abattoir Processes (NQF level 2)
This qualification provides learners with the opportunity to obtain competence in broad abattoir processes and practices.
The qualification is registered at NQF Level 2. It includes unit standards mostly on NQF Level 1 & 2 and a few on level 3. A roll out schedule is followed whereby contact sessions include theoretical training followed by approximately 1-month practical experience and the completion of workbooks, research assignments and practical log-sheets which is then followed up by an assessment contact session.
Only if a learner has been found competent in all aspects of all unit standards will they be found competent and receive an AgriSETA Certificate.
| The Unit Standards include: | |
|---|---|
|
114336 |
Count teeth |
|
114346 |
Handle effluent |
|
114357 |
Handle hides and skins |
|
114353 |
Handle red offal |
|
114339 |
Handle slaughter animals ante mortem |
|
114343 |
Prepare animals for slaughter |
|
114350 |
Chill and despatch carcasses |
|
114362 |
Demonstrate understanding of the abattoir industry |
|
7717 |
Handle and maintain utensils and equipment |
|
114341 |
Handle condemned material |
|
114358 |
Handle rough offal |
|
8493 |
Maintain occupational health and safety |
|
12483 |
Perform basic first aid |
|
114361 |
Process offal |
|
8963 |
Access and use information from texts |
|
9009 |
Apply basic knowledge of statistics and probability to influence the use of data and procedures in order to investigate life related problems |
|
7480 |
Demonstrate understanding of rational and irrational numbers and number systems |
|
9008 |
Identify, describe, compare, classify, explore shape and motion in 2-and 3- dimensional shapes in different contexts |
|
8962 |
Maintain and adapt oral communication and |
|
8967 |
Use language and communication in occupational learning programmes |
|
7469 |
Use mathematics to investigate and monitor the financial aspects of personal and Community life |
|
9007 |
Work with a range of patterns and functions and solve problems |
|
8964 |
Write for a defined context |
|
8187 |
Care for electronic equipment and measuring instruments |
|
123370 |
Demonstrate knowledge of hygiene awareness in a food production facility |
|
12463 |
Understand and deal with HIV/AIDS |
|
8000 |
Apply basic business principles |
|
116899 |
Clean and sanitize a food processing system |
|
10955 |
Foster and maintain customer relations |
|
14667 |
Describe and apply the management functions of an organization |