AHDB launches online training to find proper butchers for pork
An online, free training programme is promoted by the Agricultural and Horticulture Development Board to help expand the reservoir of meat skills and increase knowledge of cuts in the supply chain.
On one hand, improving pork handling skills and providing training to increase the variety of cuts used is particularly important in the food services sector, where the UK food-to-go market is forecast to reach a value of £21.2 billion (€24.3 billion) in 2019, up 3% on 2018.
On the other hand, the free Meat Education Programme (MEP) also aims to help the industry address the challenge of finding people with good knife and butchery skills to work in other areas including, butchers, abattoirs and meat processing plants.
The new pork modules build on the success of our training for the beef and lamb supply chain, where more than 7,000 certificates have been awarded to proficient students, with course materials downloaded 20,000 times.
Master butcher and meat expert, Dick van Leeuwen, said: “There are many people who work in the pork supply chain who could benefit from further developing their skills and understanding of meat. The Meat Education Programme enables them to do that for free, online and whenever they want. Through the beef and lamb modules, we’ve already trained thousands of people. It’s now routinely used in the retail and food services supply chain, at catering colleges and in retailers across the country. Training companies are even using them as a basis to run courses, so the new pork modules will make the programme a one-stop-shop for red meat training.”
The programme consists of nine practical and 13 theory modules. Some modules are targeted at those who need knowledge of meat cuts but do not work directly with it, for instance, those in marketing, sales, new product development and media roles.
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