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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.
• Shave or singe and defeather carcasses, and wash them in preparation for further processing or packaging.
• Cut, trim, skin, sort, and wash viscera of slaughtered animals to separate edible portions from offal.
• Stun animals prior to slaughtering.
• Slit open, eviscerate, and trim carcasses of slaughtered animals.
• Sever jugular veins to drain blood and facilitate slaughtering.
• Skin sections of animals or whole animals.
• Tend assembly lines, performing a few of the many cuts needed to process a carcass.
• Wrap dressed carcasses or meat cuts.
• Remove bones, and cut meat into standard cuts in preparation for marketing.
• Trim, clean, or cure animal hides.
• Grind meat into hamburger, and into trimmings used to prepare sausages, luncheon meats, and other meat products.
• 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.
• Saw, split, or scribe carcasses into smaller portions to facilitate handling.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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