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

Tasks for “Fetter Bone Buster”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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