Covameat is part of the Belgian Pork Group, a network with 7 sites located in Belgium, specialized in quality pork. Annually it processes 420,000 tons of pork of which a significant part is exported to more than 50 countries worldwide.
To support the growth of company and the smooth operation of our production sites we are looking for qualified technicians.
The world does not stand still, so it is very important to keep up with it. The Belgian Pork Group, its employees and the T&W pig farmers realize that well-trained employees are crucial and invest in various training courses every year:
T&W pig farmers and Belgian Pork Group make every effort to reduce the animals’ stress levels. The route that a pig must follow to the loading bay is checked every three months. Any unnecessary stimuli such as draught, shadow, noise and sharp parts must be evaluated and adapted.
The T&W pig farmer can use a decibel meter on his smartphone to check whether the emitted sound remains below 85 dB(A).
We have already taken several measures during the past decades to improve the housing climate in the pig industry. This has led to an improvement in production results, health and behaviour. But also to tasty and healthy meat as we know it today.
Striking the right balance between sufficient ventilation for a good housing climate and excessive energy costs and ammonia emissions is an art.
The T&W roadmap clearly endorses the current legal directives:
At Belgian Pork Group, we believe in the fair and correct remuneration of T&W pig farmers. To determine the value of the delivered pigs, we have developed a transparent system that is easy to understand and that is applied across all the sites of the Belgian Pork Group. The system is directive to ensure that the required weights, qualities, labels etc. are delivered and reimbursed to the greatest possible extent.
The pillars on which this is based:
At Belgian Pork Group, we are always searching for ways to make our products even tastier, healthier and environmentally-friendlier. Our R&D department is the driving force behind this never-ending urge to innovate.
We developed the Monday tests in order to think out-of-the-box. This is a great opportunity to subject our newest creations or already existing products to a critical test. Changes to existing products are also sampled and evaluated.
The agricultural organisations and ILVO, the Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, have developed an app to score animal welfare on a farm: the animal welfare scan.
This scan enables farmers to critically evaluate their business in a simple and efficient manner. It visualises animal welfare on the T&W pig farm at a glance, enabling the pig farmer to monitor the evolution of animal welfare on his farm and compare it with the rest of the industry.