Industrial butcher

Job Bank #2970694

Languages
English

Work site environment
Noisy
Odors
Cold/refrigerated

Work setting
Slaughter houses
Meat processing and/or packing plant/establishment

Responsibilities

Tasks
Slaughter livestock and remove viscera and other inedible parts from carcasses
Slaughter cattle, calves, and sheep as prescribed by religious laws
Cut beef, lamb, pork or veal carcasses or sides or quarters of carcasses into primal cuts for further cutting, processing or packaging
Cut meat and poultry into specific cuts for institutional, commercial or other wholesale use
Remove bones from meat

Experience and specialization
Equipment and machinery experience
Knives
Power cutting tools

Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
Repetitive tasks
Physically demanding
Attention to detail
Standing for extended periods
Bending, crouching, kneeling

Weight handling
Up to 23 kg (50 lbs.)