Industry Top Issues: Labour

Availability of staff, particularly skilled staff for specialised work
High cost and lack of flexibility of employment
Absenteeism
Poor perceptions of industry within and beyond the sector
Industry inability to attract, develop and retain staff
Uncertainty around visa conditions
Migrant language and cultural issues.

Report

Ammonia refrigeration training programs

Dec 12, 2017

The Ammonia Refrigeration Training program was for the delivery of three further ammonia refrigeration training programs based on the model developed and trialled under the AMPC Professional Develop...

Report

Meat. Your Future.

Aug 3, 2017

This project outlines a comprehensive strategic communications plan to improve community perceptions of the red meat processing industry as a whole, and as a career option. It was structured for ...

Video

A Feast of Ideas (Chinese Version)

Apr 4, 2017

A Feast of Ideas is an attempt to put issues of sustainability in the red meat industry on the table, and start a conversation with you, and all participants in the industry's supply chain. ...

Report

Evaluating the Socio-Economic Benefit of the Red Meat Processing Industry in Regional Australia

Dec 8, 2016

This report outlines the economic impact of red meat processing facilities in a number of regions around Australia as well as providing estimates of the impact on the individual State economies and ...

Training Manual

Year 9/10: Australian Meat Processing – Networked, Ethical, Sustainable and Intelligent

Sep 24, 2016

The aim of this unit is to help teachers and students in secondary schools investigate and make judgements about the processing, production and marketing of Australian red meat. Students discover...

Snapshot

Innovative Processing Techniques for SME's

Jul 14, 2016

No matter the size of the business, red meat processing companies are required to comply with legislation, standards and regulations imposed by Government. This SnapShot is designed to assist sma...

Report

A Feasibility Study and provisional Business Case to assess the scope and potential for establishing and operating a world class Red Meat Processing Innovation Centre of Excellence in Australia

Jun 26, 2016

A major challenge in any industry is to facilitate the innovation process or translation of research into commercial outcomes. The goal of this project was to determine the feasibility of establishi...

Snapshot

Development of training and assessment materials for the revised meat safety qualifications

May 4, 2016

During 2014-2015 MINTRAC facilitated a major review and restructure of the meat inspection qualifications, i.e. the Certificates III and IV in Meat Processing (Meat Safety). During this process, fou...

Snapshot

Meat Inspection and Quality Assurance Network

May 4, 2016

The Meat Inspection and Quality Assurance Network is a state based network of researchers, industry QA practitioners, trainers and regulators. It is a well-established network that is a highly effec...

Report

Meat Processing Engineering Network

May 3, 2016

AMPC has invested in technical innovation and the application of automation to some of the industry’s most pressing human capital issues. New automated technologies offer significant opportuni...

Fact Sheet

Benchmarking Labour Application in Plant

May 28, 2015

The key objectives of the project were to provide a benchmark of labour inputs in the red meat processing industry against key processing tasks to support plant level investment decision making, and...

Report

Examining and Quantifying the Range of Issues Associated with Increased Casual Labour Use in the Red Meat Processing Industry

Feb 3, 2015

The Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC) sought to identify the key issues associated with the employment of casual staff in the red meat processing industry and identify the true costs and ...

Report

Hook-Assist CBA and Feasibility for Future Modifications

Feb 1, 2015

In 2005 MLA and AMPC embarked on the process of investigating ‘cobotics’ as a technology that may address some of the OH&S issues faced by the meat processing industry. A ‘co-r...

Fact Sheet

Types of Electrical Stimulation

Jan 27, 2015

This is the second fact sheet in a series of three fact sheets about electrical stimulation. A number of electrical inputs are available to Australian sheep meat processors to improve meat qualit...

Report

MINTRAC Meat Industry Training Network 2012-13

Jun 1, 2013

The MINTRAC Training Networks provide the means of ensuring that R&D outcomes, innovation, new regulatory requirements and industry requirements become embedded into the meat industry ...

Meat Industry Professional Development Program

Dec 1, 2012

The meat industry professional development program enables MINTRAC to establish suitable models of delivery and assessment, a body of competent trainers, appropriate support materials and ...

Report

MINTRAC Meat Industry Training Network 2011-12

Jun 1, 2012

Twelve MINTRAC Training Network meetings were held during 2011-2012, in the states of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia, attracting strong indust...

Report

MINTRAC Meat Industry Training Network 2010-11

May 1, 2011

The twelve Training Network meetings held during 2011-2012 discussed a range of industry research and development outcomes, new regulations and their implications for the training system. ...

Recent reports

2020 Environmental Performance Review for the red meat processing industry

Jul 28, 2021

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Industry Top Issues: Labour

Ammonia refrigeration training programs

Meat. Your Future.

A Feast of Ideas (Chinese Version)

Evaluating the Socio-Economic Benefit of the Red Meat Processing Industry in Regional Australia

Year 9/10: Australian Meat Processing – Networked, Ethical, Sustainable and Intelligent

Innovative Processing Techniques for SME's

A Feasibility Study and provisional Business Case to assess the scope and potential for establishing and operating a world class Red Meat Processing Innovation Centre of Excellence in Australia

Development of training and assessment materials for the revised meat safety qualifications

Meat Inspection and Quality Assurance Network

Meat Processing Engineering Network

Benchmarking Labour Application in Plant

Examining and Quantifying the Range of Issues Associated with Increased Casual Labour Use in the Red Meat Processing Industry

Hook-Assist CBA and Feasibility for Future Modifications

Types of Electrical Stimulation

MINTRAC Meat Industry Training Network 2012-13

Meat Industry Professional Development Program

MINTRAC Meat Industry Training Network 2011-12

MINTRAC Meat Industry Training Network 2010-11

Recent reports

2020 Environmental Performance Review for the red meat processing industry

Water reference group - assisting industry in adopting direct planned potable recycled water for use in abattoirs

Salted hide handling system

Covid Vaccination video

Boning room concept design for micro size processing plants – stage 1

Evaluating the socio-economic benefit of the red meat processing industry in regional Australia

Heat Pump Technology Selection Guide

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