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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”

• Skin sections of animals or whole animals.
• Wrap dressed carcasses or meat cuts.
• 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.
• Shackle hind legs of animals to raise them for slaughtering or skinning.
• Trim head meat, and sever or remove parts of animals' heads or skulls.
• Tend assembly lines, performing a few of the many cuts needed to process a carcass.
• Sever jugular veins to drain blood and facilitate slaughtering.
• 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.
• Slaughter animals in accordance with religious law, and determine that carcasses meet specified religious standards.
• Stun animals prior to slaughtering.
• Slit open, eviscerate, and trim carcasses of slaughtered animals.
• Saw, split, or scribe carcasses into smaller portions to facilitate handling.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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