This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to develop maintenance strategies that cause minimal disruption to meat enterprise operations and are cost-efficient. An enterprise’s maintenance system influences the cost and quality of products and the safety of the workforce and environment.

At this level, individuals exercise considerable responsibility and accountability within enterprise structures and are required to make primary contributions to the values, goals and operations of the enterprise. They will typically have responsibility for establishing and reviewing systems for their site or department. They may be assisted by external experts to develop plans and strategies.

This unit is particularly useful for maintenance managers, plant engineers and production managers working in a meat industry context, including meat and poultry processing enterprises, feedlot, and smallgoods operations and wholesale meat preparation enterprises.

This unit must be delivered in the context of Australian meat industry standards and regulations.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements are known to apply to this unit at the time of publication.