This qualification is designed for learners who are working in regulated Plant Inspection Assistant roles for the post-mortem inspection of poultry carcases and offal in processing environments. Plant Inspection Assistants must select and achieve units across the bird species that appertain to their role.

This qualification assesses and confirms the competence of individual learners in the workplace in the protection of animals at time of killing.

This qualification is designed for learners who are either working in or preparing to work in food manufacturing or processing roles. It has been designed to develop skills and recognise achievement in the safe and effective use, knowledge and understanding of professional knife skills in food operations.

This qualification is designed primarily for learners who wish to develop skills and knowledge in poultry meat inspection, in order to comply with licence to practice requirements to qualify as Official Auxiliaries (meat inspectors) and be appointed by the Food Standards Agency to work in Great Britain, and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to work in Northern Ireland.

This qualification assesses and confirms the competence of individual learners in the workplace in the protection of animals at time of killing. The units of the qualification must be selected to reflect the areas of work and the species which an individual is responsible for or working with in lairage and slaughter roles.

​The qualification is designed for meat inspectors, employees or contract staff working within the meat processing industry.