Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- or equivalent experience
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
Work site environment
- Odours
- Cold/refrigerated
Work setting
- Supermarket and meat department
- Supermarket/grocery store
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
Cuisine specialties
- Halal
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Standing for extended periods
- Attention to detail
- Physically demanding
- Hand-eye co-ordination
Benefits
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits