Address
Form of work
SalaryOverview
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- or equivalent experience
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
Work setting
- Meat processing and/or packing plant/establishment
- Wholesalers
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
- Sell meats to customers
- Grind meats
- Train meat cutters
- Prepare special orders
Experience and specialization
Equipment and machinery experience
- Band saw
- Manual cutting utensil
- Power grinder
- Slicing machine
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Fast-paced environment
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Attention to detail
- Physically demanding
- Handling heavy loads
- Hand-eye co-ordination
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
