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AMP30216 Certificate III in Meat Processing (Food Services)
AMP30216 is the nationally recognised Certificate III in Meat Processing (Food Services). It prepares you for work as a butcher or smallgoods maker. It has been the current version on the national register since 2016, when it replaced MTM30211. Employers posted about 127 butcher or smallgoods maker jobs in June 2026, down 13.2% on a year earlier.
Often searched as Cert 3 in Meat Processing (Food Services) · Register data synced 18 Sept 2026 from training.gov.au
Online job ads · June 2026
127last month
Butcher or smallgoods maker roles advertised across Australia
Down on a year earlier
Long-term outlook
Positive
Two structural signals up; current job ads down
Register status
Current
Replaced MTM30211 in 2016
Enrolments
Steady
Up 4.7% in a year
Funding status
Verification pending
Checked against official state program lists
The short answer
The long-term signals behind the Certificate III in Meat Processing (Food Services) are positive, though current job advertising is below a year earlier. Butcher or smallgoods makers are in national shortage and employment is projected to grow through 2035. Job ads in June 2026 were down 13.2% on a year earlier. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Jobs and Skills Australia
Is the work there?
Employers are posting fewer butcher or smallgoods maker jobs than a year ago. About 127 butcher or smallgoods maker jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 13.2% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 1,700 job ads, while 1,560 people were training in the qualification nationally (2025). Ads show the market. Enrolments show the pipeline. Neither is a job promise.
Jobs and Skills Australia, Internet Vacancy Index · latest month June 2026 · ANZSCO 3512
Combined monthly online job ads across Butcher Or Smallgoods Maker, to June 2026
Official shortage list
Australia's official shortage list rates butcher or smallgoods makers as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Butcher or Smallgoods Maker as in national shortage.
Jobs and Skills Australia, Occupation Shortage List · 2025 assessment
Ten year outlook
Butcher or smallgoods maker jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 14,529 workers in May 2025, 15,182 by May 2030 (up 4.5%) and 15,912 by May 2035 (up 9.5%).
14,529
workers, May 2025
15,182
workers, May 2030
15,912
workers, May 2035
Jobs and Skills Australia employment projections · May 2025 to May 2035
Occupation mapping by Get Course, shown with ANZSCO codes so it can be checked.
NCVER Student Outcomes
How graduates do
Certificate III in Meat Processing (Food Services) graduates do better than is typical at Certificate III level. In the 2025 NCVER Student Outcomes survey, 88.4% were employed or in further study after training. The typical Certificate III result is 88%, across 105 qualifications. Median income after training was $58,100, against $54,000 typical. 92.5% were satisfied with the training, against 90.6% typical. Income here is the survey median about six months after training. It includes part-time work, so it is not the full-time award rate.
88.4%
employed or in further study after training (2025)
typical 88% across 105 Certificate IIIs
$58,100
median income after training (2025)
typical $54,000 across 85 Certificate IIIs
92.5%
satisfied with the training (2025)
typical 90.6% across 105 Certificate IIIs
Level benchmarks are medians computed by Get Course across all Certificate IIIs in the same collection, not official NCVER benchmarks.
NCVER Student Outcomes · 2025 survey
NCVER Total VET Activity
Who is training
Enrolments in the Certificate III in Meat Processing (Food Services) are steady. Across Australia, 1,490 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 1,560, up 4.7% in a year.
210
2019
195
2020
690
2021
1,910
2022
1,955
2023
1,490
2024
1,560
2025
NCVER Total VET Activity · 2025 collection
training.gov.au · Australian Qualifications Framework
What does studying it involve?
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
How long it takes
A Certificate III is typically 1 to 2 years of full-time study under the Australian Qualifications Framework. Providers set the exact length and pace.
Delivery
Providers set the delivery mode.
Credit for experience
Recognition of prior learning applies to AMP30216 like any qualification on the national register: an approved provider assesses your evidence against each unit.
training.gov.au national register; Australian Qualifications Framework.
State subsidised training lists
What does it cost, and who funds it?
State funding for AMP30216 is being verified against official program lists.
Eligibility and student contributions vary by program and provider. The official state listing is the source of truth. In a subsidised place the government pays most of the tuition and you pay a co-contribution set by the program and provider.
Official state subsidised training program lists, verified per state. Full-fee prices will appear here as partner courses are listed.
training.gov.au · unit packaging
What is in the qualification
The Certificate III in Meat Processing (Food Services) is 12 units: 6 core, plus 6 electives chosen from 143 options on the register. Prerequisites apply to 27 of them, marked below.
AMPCOR201Maintain personal equipment
AMPCOR202Apply hygiene and sanitation practices
AMPCOR203Comply with Quality Assurance and HACCP requirements
AMPCOR204Follow safe work policies and procedures
AMPCOR205Communicate in the workplace
AMPCOR206Overview the meat industry
View the 143 elective options
AHCCHM201Apply chemicals under supervision
AMPA3048Bone small stock carcase - leg (has prerequisites)
AMPA3049Slice and trim leg - small stock (has prerequisites)
AMPA3050Bone large stock carcase - forequarter (has prerequisites)
AMPA3051Bone large stock carcase - hindquarter (has prerequisites)
AMPA3052Slice and trim large stock forequarter (has prerequisites)
AMPA3053Slice and trim large stock hindquarter (has prerequisites)
AMPA3054Break carcase using a bandsaw (has prerequisites)
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Get Course maps AMP30216 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3512) so the mapping can be checked. Job advertisement counts come from the Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index and count online ads, not vacancies filled. Enrolment counts come from NCVER Total VET Activity and count people in training, not completions. Outcome benchmarks marked “typical” are medians computed by Get Course across all Certificate IIIs in the same NCVER collection; they are derived figures, not official NCVER benchmarks. Funding rows appear only after verification against the official state program list. Source vintages: NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; NCVER Student Outcomes survey 2025 survey; register training.gov.au, synced 13 September 2026; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.
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