Range® Meat Academy Approved by the Illinois Board of Higher Education

Range® Meat Academy Approved by the Illinois Board of Higher Education  

Chicago, IL  April 5, 2019 – Range®, Inc., is headquartered in Fulton Market, the heart of Chicago’s historic meatpacking district. We are proud to announce that the Illinois Board has approved Range® Meat Academy of Higher Education to operate as a Private Business and Vocational School.  

“This is an accumulation of my life’s work. After more than 20 years of working in the meat industry as a determined entrepreneur, business owner, educator, and marketer, the topic that has continued to rise to the top is the need for high-quality butchery training and education. People kept asking me for materials that showed how I break down beef, so I wrote The Art of Beef Cutting. It was well-received, but not enough. So I went back to work. And now I am proud to bring you Range® Meat Academy online.” Kari Underly

Range® Meat Academy is online and ready to go, just like you! 

We at Range®, Inc are happy to share that our learning management system partner is Absorb LMS, an industry-leading and award-winning learning management system for businesses, higher education, and government / non-profit agencies worldwide. Absorb’s learning management system (LMS) centers around an intuitive user experience by offering a fully responsive design.

Range® Meat Academy Learning Management System benefits:

• Provides high-quality, consistent training
• Reduces training and implementation costs
• Retains, promotes, and attracts staff
• Responsive design allows learners to start on a desktop, finish on a tablet, and review on a phone
• The online format allows users to learn at their own pace. Includes lively learning interactions, videos, puzzles, knowledge check questions, quizzes
• Provides learner transcripts, competency badges, and certificates of completion

Range® Meat Clerk online is divided into three manageable certificate courses containing 16 lessons. Our curriculum gives you the tools and confidence to provide your customer with a great experience at the meat case, and we cover beef, pork, lamb, and chicken. 

The three certificate courses are:

• RANGE® MEAT CLERK MEAT ESSENTIALS CERTIFICATE (RMC101)
• RANGE® MEAT CLERK CUTS & FEATURES CERTIFICATE (RMC201)
• RANGE® MEAT CLERK COOKING METHODS & PREPARATION TIPS CERTIFICATE (RMC301)

To reduce the cost of training, we developed a comprehensive online format that focuses on meat clerk and meat cutter training and education using the four major proteins (beef, pork, lamb, and poultry).

We offer Range® Meat Clerk and Range® Meat Cutter online training. We know that becoming a skilled meat cutter takes time and repetition, and our online program allows the learner to gain extensive and valuable knowledge about cutting, merchandising, and selling.

Our Range® Meat Cutter program includes over 10 hours of instructional cutting videos with Kari Underly (prerequisite: Range® Meat Clerk).  Range Meat Clerk and Range Meat Cutter are available now!