The Australian Meat Industry Training Package is undergoing a much-needed facelift. AgriFood Skills Australia has contracted MINTRAC to work on the preparation of MTM10, due to be presented to AgriFood in June/July.

The last change to the training package was version 2.1 of MTM07 that was released in 2008 and incorporated the Animal Welfare Officer Skills Set. 

Since then MINTRAC has been collecting and evaluating issues raised and recorded on the Issues Register, which is considered quarterly by the Meat Standing Committee.  The process has involved extensive consultation with industry and key stakeholders through a range of strategies which have positioned MINTRAC to incorporate the changes into the Training Package over a relatively short time frame.

The changes being incorporated into MTM10 are those changes which have been flagged and discussed through the Issues Register process over the past three years.  They fall in the following categories:

• changes to assist migration of units to CAT template 
• replacement of imported units with current versions
• minor adjustments to existing units of competency
• changes affecting the location of units within a qualification
• addition of new units of competency to some qualifications
• restructure of the diploma and advanced diploma and related work 
• new meat-industry specific units to replace former imported units
• updating of Volume 1 to current requirements
• inclusion of new skill sets
• adjustment of qualification packaging rules to address the COAG requirements.

Details of the changes to be made can be found on the Issues Register located on the MINTRAC website at www.mintrac.com.au