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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 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
• All Around Butcher

Tasks for “Debone Supervisor”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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