Education & Training

The Worshipful Company of Butchers has always taken a keen interest in education and training within the meat industry. Livery members were involved in the creation of the Institute of Meat in 1946 which provided the management and organisation of UK industry training in the early post-war years. The influence of the Livery helped to sustain the Institute until 1990 when its successor - the "Meat Training Council" was launched.

The Meat Training Council is recognised by the Department of Education and Employment as the National Training Organisation (NTO) and the Awarding Body for the meat and poultry industries. Meat Training Council courses and programmes including a range of National Vocational Qualifications (NVQ) are available through 87 centres and more than 3,500 people per year take up MTC courses. The Livery Company has close management and financial links with the MTC.

Further Information

Further information is available on the official website of the Meat Training Council. Alternatively, you can e-mail info@meattraining.org.uk

The Livery Company's Education Committee merged with The Guild in October 2004. In the future all professional training and education matters will be considered by The Guild.