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New Zealand Certificate in Trade Butchery with optional strands in Carcass Breaking and Boning, Curing and Smoking, and Handcrafted Small Goods

Course details

New Zealand Certificate in Trade Butchery with optional strands in Carcass Breaking and Boning, Curing and Smoking, and Handcrafted Small Goods
NZQF Level 4

About the course

The purpose of this qualification is to provide the retail meat industry with people who have the knowledge and skills to operate independently as trade qualified butchers.

Graduates will be able to produce and merchandise a range of meat products in compliance with legislative and food safety requirements.

The qualification is designed to recognise trade essential knowledge and skills with optional strands that reflect areas of specialisation within the retail meat industry.

The Carcass Breaking and Boning strand recognises the skills required to process carcasses to produce meat cuts. The Curing and Smoking and Handcrafted Small Goods strands recognise the specific skills required to produce these types of meat product.

This qualification is designed for people working in the industry and will typically be achieved in the workplace environment whilst completing a New Zealand Apprenticeship

About the provider

Competenz is one of New Zealand’s industry training organisations. We work with over 3,500 companies and 20,000+ learners in 36 industries around New Zealand each year to build skills, careers and businesses. Most learning takes place on-the-job.

We partner with employers, apprentices, schools, training providers and assessors across the country to help Kiwis build skills, careers and businesses.

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