slaughterhouse butcher

Work site environment

• Odours
• Cold/refrigerated

Work setting

• Slaughter houses
• Meat processing and/or packing plant/establishment
• Willing to relocate

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Slaughter livestock and remove viscera and other inedible parts from carcasses
• Cut beef, lamb, pork or veal carcasses or sides or quarters of carcasses into primal cuts for further cutting, processing or packaging
• Remove bones from meat

Experience and specialization

Technical experience

• Animal slaughtering operation

Equipment and machinery experience

• Cleavers
• Knives
• Power cutting tools
• Saws
• Stunning devices

Specialization or experience

• Green economy sector
• Specialized environmental skills and knowledge

Additional information

Security and safety

• Driving record check (abstract)
• Drug test
• Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

• Own transportation
• Valid driver's licence
• Public transportation is not available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Manual dexterity
• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Weight handling

• More than 45 kg (100 lbs)

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Team player

Benefits

Health benefits

• Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

• Piece work
• Stocks/shares

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• On-site recreation and activities
• Other benefits
• Team building opportunities
• Variable or compressed work week