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Poultry PassportKath Morrison

Cargill Meats Europe

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Cargill Meats Europe

• Chicken production business based in Hereford, part of Cargill global company

• Deal in “Farm to Fork”

• Have our own laying, breeding, growing farms, hatcheries and vet lab as well as production and further processing facilities.

• Use Poultry Passport to underpin training needs, gap analysis and CPD for our agricultural division.

• Large numbers of employees from EU countries

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Poultry Passport

• Developed to encourage a consistent level of training across the poultry industry.

• Championed by Lantra (SSC for land based industry), BPC, NFU and Poultec training.

• Established minimal training requirements for each role within Poultry Industry

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Poultry Passport

• The Passport System is a secure on line training record system– Individuals have access to their own account

– Companies/Managers have access to their employees accounts

• Can generate reports to identify training gaps, or where refresher training is required.

• Records are updated on submission of evidence of training/qualification. Information is verified prior to updating on the system by the scheme administrators.

• There is an annual registration fee of £20 per individual

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Poultry Passport

• The passport is divided into 4 levels • Job roles are mapped to different levels

– Level 1: basic skills positions

– Level 2: assistant level positions

– Level 3: manager/facility responsibility positions

– Level 4: Area/senior manager positions

• Can be used to talent manage, individuals can develop through the different levels

• In future can use as recruitment measure – internal and external recruitment – accreditation of prior learning.

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Pro’s and con’s

Pro’s• Easy to input/update training records• Industry standard• Single source of information• Transferable, Passport moves with the individual

Con’s• Need for original certificates etc for input – not always easily

obtainable (will improve as system beds in)• Annual registration fee – smaller independent farms don’t always see

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