What career options are available in the meat processing sector?
The meat processing sector provides career opportunities for people working in:

• abattoirs
• boning rooms
• food services operations.

There are various levels of work within an abattoir or boning room, and by continuing your training you have the opportunity to enhance your skills and become a supervisor or manager. A career in meat processing means you could start working as a labourer and by continuously adding to your skills progress to supervisor or manager.

Meat processing can be a career, not just a job.
With training and experience you could progress from a labourer to a manager.

Find out how

For more information on what a career in meat processing involves, visit my future.
                                                                
How do I get started on my career in meat processing?
The first step to starting a career in meat processing is to find out about job opportunities, traineeships and apprenticeships.

Below is a list of websites to help you get started. The top section contains links to job/career information services, the middle section will take you to job search websites and the last section will take to direct to meat processing company websites.

Once you have accepted a job, your employer will organise your traineeship for you.

Links to useful job information websites

New Apprenticeships	This website provides useful information for job seekers as well as employers. It is a good place to start your job search as it provides you with everything you need to know about apprenticeships and traineeships before you sign up as well as giving helpful hints on how to find a job.
Job Guide	The job guide gives excellent descriptions of the everyday tasks involved in a huge number of occupations. There are contact details for various meat industry organisations in each state. Employment prospects are also highlighted for each occupation.
My Future         Links to job searches	My future gives very detailed information about a huge number of occupations. The information contained here includes: duties and tasks; work conditions; personal requirements; earnings; the labour market; and training. There is also a great list of links to various job search websites.
My Career	A commonly used job search website.
Plus Jobs	A commonly used job search website.
Career One	A commonly used job search website.
Seek	A commonly used job search website.
Jet	JET is a web-based Apprenticeships & Traineeships job board and information site for jobseekers. When I searched there was nothing listed in the meat industry at all, however as more people get to know about this website, it will probably be a good place to start looking for an apprenticeship or traineeship.
Job Search	The Australian Government job search website.

Links to meat processing company websites

Another method of searching for jobs in the meat industry is to contact your local meat industry employer directly. Following are a selection of employers with career/employment information on their website. If your local plant is not listed here, try using a search engine to find them.

For more information on careers in the meat industry please contact AMIC or MINTRAC.