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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
• Cattle Killer
• Butcher Apprentice
• Butcher
• Brainer
• Bitter
• Beef Splitter
• Beef Killer
• Animal Stunner
• Animal Sticker
• Animal Killer
• All-Round Butcher
• All Around Butcher

Tasks for “Cold Storage Worker”

• Sever jugular veins to drain blood and facilitate slaughtering.
• Stun animals prior to slaughtering.
• 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.
• Slit open, eviscerate, and trim carcasses of slaughtered animals.
• Trim, clean, or cure animal hides.
• 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.
• Grind meat into hamburger, and into trimmings used to prepare sausages, luncheon meats, and other meat products.
• Remove bones, and cut meat into standard cuts in preparation for marketing.
• Wrap dressed carcasses or meat cuts.
• Saw, split, or scribe carcasses into smaller portions to facilitate handling.
• Slaughter animals in accordance with religious law, and determine that carcasses meet specified religious standards.
• Skin sections of animals or whole animals.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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