Assessing the effectiveness of stunning .
As of the 1 January 2012 meat processing companies exporting to the EU are required (under EU Regulations) to ensure the certified competency of personnel involved in the assessment of effective stunning. This means that each person involved in the assessment of stunning in an abattoir must have successfully completed an accredited training course in assessing stunning.
MINTRAC has recently developed a Unit specifically for assessing effective stunning and industry feedback has been sort and received. The Unit has then been modified and put up for accreditation.
MINTRAC is now in the process of preparing the training materials to support the delivery of this Unit and these will be available to RTOs and industry by the end of April 2012. As part of this materials development project MINTRAC will be conducting professional development workshops for RTO and industry staff.
The courses will be run at participating multi-species plants in the 5 mainland states and will be delivered by Dr Alison Small from CSIRO. The workshops will cover the practical and theoretical components of the Unit of competency as well as delivery and assessment strategies. Participants that successfully undertake the assessment component of the workshops will be deemed competent in this Unit.
The courses will be run on the following dates;
- March 20 in SA ,
- March 22 in WA,
- March 26 in Cowra NSW,
- April 16 (pm) and
- 17(am) Queensland and tentatively April 27 for Victoria.
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