THINGS

Abattoir Skills Training

Key Information
Name of college	Abattoir Skills Training
Acronym	AST
Established	2011
Province	Gauteng
Country	South Africa
Faculties	Agriculture
Type	Private college
Campuses	Brummeria, Pretoria
Official website	http://www.rmaa.co.za/abattoir-skills-training/

Overview

Abattoir Skills Training is a private training college in Gauteng, South Africa with campus in Polokwane. Abattoir Skills Training (Pty) Ltd (AST) was established by the Red Meat Abattoir Association because of legislative requirements stating that any institution conducting learnerships must be registered as a Further Education and Training College (FET College) at the Department of Education.

AST is responsible for all the formal training, previously provided by the RMAA and is an accredited training provider at AgriSETA.

Abattoir Skills Training and Courses offered

The list of courses offered by the Abattoir Skills Training is given below:

National Certificate: General Abattoir Processes (Level 2)
National Certificate: Abattoir Slaughtering Processes (Level 2)
National Certificate: Abattoir Supervision (Level 3)
FET Certificate: Meat Examination (Level 4)
FET Certificate: Meat Classification (Level 4)

How to apply or register to study at Abattoir Skills Training?

If you want to apply to the Abattoir Skills Training to study in the next academic year, you can download Application form or you can collect from the campus.

Abattoir Skills Training Learnerships

In order to meet the industry’s training needs, Abattoir Skills Training decided to focus on the following learnerships:

FETC Meat examination This qualification provides learners with the ability to perform meat examination according to legislation
NC General abattoir processes This qualification provides learners with the opportunity to obtain competence in broad abattoir processes and practices