Certificate III in Leather Production - MST30519

Course Overview

Average Course Fee: $10424

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Average Course Duration: 3 Years

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Description

This qualification provides the skills and knowledge required to perform supervision roles, specialised tasks or multi-skilled roles within a leather production environment.

Work relates to specialised technical, operational and supervisory roles in a hide, skin and leather processing enterprise or an enterprise involved in the production of leather goods.

No occupational licensing or certification requirements exist at the time of publication.

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Student Outcomes

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Satisfied with Training

Percentage of graduates in the Engineering and Related Technologies field who were satisfied with the training (Certificate III).

Improved Work Status

Percentage of graduates in the Engineering and Related Technologies field who started/expanded a business or who have a new job, more highly skilled work, a promotion or higher pay (Certificate III).

Salary

The middle of the range of salaries earned by graduates in the Engineering and Related Technologies field starting their first ever full-time job after graduating (Certificate III).

Jobs

Graduates of the Engineering and Related Technologies field (Certificate III) are most often employed as:

56.4%

Technicians and Trades Workers

14.5%

Machinery Operators and Drivers

13.5%

Labourers

Industries

Graduates of the Engineering and Related Technologies field (Certificate III) are most often employed in:

23.4%

Construction

18.7%

Other Services

12.7%

Manufacturing

All statistics are supplied by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research.

Financial Assistance

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There are programs for all kinds of students; apprentices and trainees, new job starters, those re-entering the workforce, retraining for a new job or upgrading their skills for an existing job.

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Subsidised Training

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Career Information

Career development is the ongoing process of managing your life, learning and work. It involves developing the skills and knowledge that enable you to plan and make informed decisions about your education, training and career choices.

Textiles, Clothing and Footwear Career Pathway

Certificate III in Leather Production is in the Engineering and Related Technologies Field of Education. For more information about this kind of career, you can explore Textiles, Clothing and Footwear.

Stream

Leather Production

Certificate II

Certificate III

Leather Goods Machinist

Certificate IV

Diploma

Advanced Diploma

Other courses in this pathway

Stream

Textile Fabrication & Production

Footwear Production and Repair

Clothing Production

Millinery

Dry Cleaning & Laundry Operations

Fashion, Textile Design & Merchandising

Diploma

Advanced Diploma

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Australian Apprenticeships

Australian Apprenticeships (also known as apprenticeships and traineeships) combine work with training in a nationally recognised qualification. Australian Apprenticeships are available to anyone of working age and offer opportunities to learn new skills and be paid in over 500 different jobs.

This qualification is available as an Australian Apprenticeship in the states and territories highlighted in blue on the map. For more information go to the Australian Apprenticeships Pathways website.

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Units & Packaging

To be awarded the MST30519 Certificate III in Leather, competency must be achieved in nineteen (19)units of competency:

four (4) core units of competency

fifteen (15) elective units of competency.

Note: Where prerequisite units are identified they must be counted in the total number of units required for achievement of the qualification.

Core units of competency

Select all four (4) units of competency from the following list.

Unit code	Unit title
MSMENV272	Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices
MSMWHS200	Work safely
MSTGN3014	Organise and plan own work to achieve planned outcomes
MSS402051	Apply quality standards

Elective units of competency

Select fifteen (15)units as specified below.

A minimum of four (4)units must be chosen from Group A

The remaining eleven (11)units may be selected from:

units not previously selected from Group A

units from Group B

up to five (5)units from this Training Package, other endorsed Training Packages and accredited courses, where those units are available at Certificate II, Certificate III or Certificate IV level.

Units selected from other Training Packages and accredited courses must be relevant to the qualification outcome and not duplicate units available within this qualification.

Group A
Unit code	Unit title	Prerequisites
MSTGN3013	Control production in a section of a TCF enterprise
MSTGN3015	Supervise operations in a TCF enterprise
MSTGN3016	Plan tasks to assist production operations
MSTGN3023	Estimate and cost jobs
MSTLG3002	Cut leather by hand
MSTLG3003	Sew leather by hand
MSTLG3005	Grade leather

Group B
Unit code	Unit title	Prerequisites
MEM11010	Operate mobile load shifting equipment	MEM11011 Undertake manual handling MEM13015 Work safely and effectively in manufacturing and engineering MEM16006 Organise and communicate information
MSMSUP106	Work in a team
MSTGN2017	Prepare, finish and package products for storage or dispatch
MSTGN2018	Work in the TCF industry
MSTGN2020	Perform test or inspection to check product quality
MSTGN2021	Select, transfer and remove materials and products
MSTGN2024	Perform minor maintenance
MSTGN3009	Coordinate work of team or section
MSTGN3012	Work safely with chemicals in TCF operations
MSTGN2014	Operate computing technology in a TCF workplace
MSTLG2002	Sew leather by machine
MSTLG2003	Perform table work
MSTLG2004	Operate leather production machines
MSTLG2005	Split leather pieces
MSTLG2008	Determine characteristics of materials used in leather goods production
MSTLG2007	Skive leather pieces

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