Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Experience
Will train
Work site environment
- Odours
- Cold/refrigerated
Work setting
- Supermarket/grocery store
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Clean meats to prepare for processing or cutting
- Cut, trim and prepare standard cuts of meat
- Wrap and package prepared meats
- Remove bones from meat
- Cut poultry into parts
- Clean and prepare fish and shellfish
- Cut fish into steaks and fillets
- Grind meats
- Train meat cutters
- Slice cooked meats
- Prepare special orders
- Shape, lace and tie roasts, other meats, poultry and seafood
- Cut meat and poultry into specific cuts for institutional, commercial or other wholesale use
Experience and specialization
Equipment and machinery experience
- Manual cutting utensil
- Power grinder
- Slicing machine
- Saws
- Power cutting tools
- Knives
- Cleavers
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Work under pressure
- Fast-paced environment
- Standing for extended periods
- Attention to detail
- Physically demanding
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Repetitive tasks
Weight handling
- Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability