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Job Description

Work in slaughtering, meat packing, or wholesale establishments performing precision functions involving the preparation of meat. Work may include specialized slaughtering tasks, cutting standard or premium cuts of meat for marketing, making sausage, or wrapping meats.

Job Details

• The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 51-3023.00
• The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 27,040.00
• The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 13.00
• Currently, there are 80,780 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Slaughterers and Meat Packers”.

Also Known As…

• Slaughterers and Meat Packers
• Trimmer
• Production Worker
• Meat Trimmer
• Meat Packer
• Meat Packager
• Meat Cutter
• Kill Room Operator
• Fetter Bone Buster
• Breast Trimmer
• Boning Room Worker
• Throat Cutter
• Tank House Operator
• Shochet
• Sheep Killer
• Shactor
• Seafood Processor
• Scriber
• Sawyer
• Saw Operator
• Sausage Maker
• Religious Ritual Slaughterer
• Poultry Slaughterer
• Poultry Processor
• Poleman
• Pig Sticker
• Pelt Dropper
• Meat Processor
• Meat Processing Center Manager
• Meat Locker Plant Employee
• Meat Dresser
• Livestock Slaughterer
• Live Hanger
• Laborer
• Killer
• Kill Floor Supervisor
• Hog Sticker
• Hog Slaughterer
• Hog Killer
• Halal Meat Packer
• Delivery Driver
• Deboning Team Leader
• Debone Supervisor
• Debone Processing Supervisor
• Cold Storage Worker
• Cattle Killer
• Butcher Apprentice
• Butcher
• Brainer
• Bitter
• Beef Splitter
• Beef Killer
• Animal Stunner
• Animal Sticker
• Animal Killer
• All-Round Butcher

Tasks for “All Around Butcher”

• Sever jugular veins to drain blood and facilitate slaughtering.
• Shave or singe and defeather carcasses, and wash them in preparation for further processing or packaging.
• Saw, split, or scribe carcasses into smaller portions to facilitate handling.
• Slit open, eviscerate, and trim carcasses of slaughtered animals.
• Skin sections of animals or whole animals.
• Stun animals prior to slaughtering.
• Wrap dressed carcasses or meat cuts.
• Tend assembly lines, performing a few of the many cuts needed to process a carcass.
• Remove bones, and cut meat into standard cuts in preparation for marketing.
• Shackle hind legs of animals to raise them for slaughtering or skinning.
• Trim, clean, or cure animal hides.
• Cut, trim, skin, sort, and wash viscera of slaughtered animals to separate edible portions from offal.
• Grind meat into hamburger, and into trimmings used to prepare sausages, luncheon meats, and other meat products.
• Slaughter animals in accordance with religious law, and determine that carcasses meet specified religious standards.
• Trim head meat, and sever or remove parts of animals' heads or skulls.

Related Technology & Tools

• Skinning knives
• Package wrapping machines
• Food cooling equipment
• Casing stuffing machines
• Butcher knives
• Meat grading probes
• Livestock shackles
• Industrial forklifts
• Meat grinders
• Belt conveyor systems
• Touch screen computers
• Motorized saws
• Steak patty machines
• Hoisting equipment
• Meat cleavers
• Meat package filling and sealing machines
• Blast chillers
• Dehairing machines
• Chop cutting machines
• Meat compactors
• Shoulder tattooers
• Food scales
• Sharpening steels
• Personal computers
• Shrink wrap meat packing machines
• Bacon slicers
• Cubing machines
• Carcass branding machines
• Knife sharpeners
• Label printers
• Slicing machines
• Meat-cutting bandsaws
• Radio frequency identification RFID devices
• Electrical stunning equipment

• Data entry software
• Second Foundation NaviMeat
• Integrated Management Systems Food Connex Cloud
• AgInfoLink Meat Inventory Tracking System MITS
• AccountMate Software AccountMate
• Traceability software
• RFID software
• Microsoft Office