The purpose of this project has been to develop accredited training programs to assist meat processing plants to meet their National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) requirements. The project is being driven by an increasing desire on the part of regulators and industry to achieve a higher level of compliance with NLIS requirements. 

In order to achieve this MINTRC has worked with a technical reference group consisting of representatives of industry and regulators to develop:

• tasks descriptions for plant personnel interacting with the NLIS from stock buying through to NLIS data uploads
• model work instructions and SOPs to address these tasks 
• accredited Units of competency to cover these tasks 
• training and assessment materials to support the delivery of the Units.