Meat Processing Services – Professional Experience

Site Visits, Hands-on Training and Consultancy

  • Harry SchulzTotal Australian visits: in excess of 50 sites
  • maximise carcass yield, and offal retrieval, and increase hide and skin values
  • address manning levels by eliminating double handling, and optimising each operation.
  • link hygienic practices with ergonomic movements by hands-on demonstrations
  • hands-on training for individuals or entire new slaughtering teams
  • assist and advise production managers and supervisors
  • assist in obtaining and maintaining licenses
  • minimise water and power usage
  • advise on the most appropriate equipment and hand tools
  • liaise between management and the work force to resolve industrial differences

Equipment Development

  • Rinse & Chill Technology (RCT) as supplied by MPSC Australia P/L
  • Beef Bunging Machine and Ring Loader (SafeSeal Systems 501 & 502)
  • Beef and Sheep/Lamb Oesophagus Sealers (SafeSeal 503 & 505)
  • Pelt-O-Matic small stock skin/pelt removal system
  • Beef Sternum Suport Hook - for downward hide pulling

Worldwide Experience

  • Harry has been fortunate over the years to have visited meat processing facilities in many different countries on numerous occasions enabling him to see many different procedures and processes. Harry has worked with, installed and commissioned equipment in most plants in Australia and New Zealand. In addition he has also done this with companies in Japan, China, South Africa, Namibia, United Kingdom, North America, Denmark, Germany, Spain, France, Poland and India.
  • During his numerous overseas trips he has also made contact with and built relationships with manufacturers and suppliers to our industry.
  • Harry has attended the last four IFFA exhibitions in Frankfurt, the last three Foodpro Exhibitions in Sydney, two exhibitions in Japan and numerous other exhibitions in Australia and New Zealand.

Industry Stengths

  • Extensive meat processing industry experience
  • Equipment knowledge
  • Hands-on capabilities
  • Proven sales success
  • Able to communicate at all levels
  • Extensive international meat processing knowledge and contacts
  • Understanding of and being accepted by different cultures
  • Can identify automation currently used overseas which would enhance local industries
  • Successful trainer
  • Fluent in German
  • Experienced in AQIS, USDA, EU, AUS Meat and Halal procedures and requirements
  • Good relationship with Meat & Livestock Australia, and Food Science Australia
  • Successfully completed numerous industry related courses

Qualifications and Training

  • Quality Assurance Auditing - Bywater (June 1994)
  • Aus-Meat – Certificate of Competence - export and domestic carcass description and measurement sheap/goat boning - load out (Sept 1993)
  • Aus-Meat - Sheepmeat Specification, Sydney (Mar 1993)
  • Aus-Meat - Export Meat Brokers, Melbourne (Mar 1993)
  • St John Ambulance First Aid Certificate - Level 2 (Nov 1992)
  • Aus-Meat - Beef Feedback Workshop - Kyneton, Victoria (Nov 1992)
  • Aus-Meat - Beef Specification, Adelaide (Sept 1992)
  • Employers Training and Education Centre - Train-the-trainer (Aug 1992)
  • Aus-Meat - Certificate of Competence - Export and Domestic Carcass Description and Measurement, Beef, Buffalo and Sheep, Goat slaughtering (July 1992)
  • Victorian Safety Council - Occupational Health and Safety (Sept 1991)
  • Additional skills - speaks fluent German

Also see Harry Schulz's CV page.