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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 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 “Hog Slaughterer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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