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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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