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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 Sticker
• Animal Killer
• All-Round Butcher
• All Around Butcher

Tasks for “Animal Stunner”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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