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Work setting

• Butcher shop

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Clean meats to prepare for processing or cutting
• Cut carcasses, sides and quarters
• Cut, trim and prepare standard cuts of meat
• Wrap and package prepared meats
• Remove bones from meat
• Weigh meats for sale
• Cut poultry into parts
• Price meat products
• Clean and prepare fish and shellfish
• Sell meats to customers
• Cut fish into steaks and fillets
• Supervise other butchers, meat cutters and fishmongers
• Grind meats
• Train meat cutters
• Make special sausages
• Slice cooked meats
• Prepare special orders
• Prepare special displays of meats, poultry and fish products
• Shape, lace and tie roasts, other meats, poultry and seafood

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Band saw
• Manual cutting utensil
• Power grinder
• Salami mixer and cooker
• Sausage machine
• Slicing machine

Additional information

Personal suitability

• Flexibility
• Organized

Benefits

Health benefits

• Health care plan

Other benefits

• Other benefits