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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
- 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 “Laborer”
- Grind meat into hamburger, and into trimmings used to prepare sausages, luncheon meats, and other meat products.
- Slaughter animals in accordance with religious law, and determine that carcasses meet specified religious standards.
- 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.
- Slit open, eviscerate, and trim carcasses of slaughtered animals.
- Remove bones, and cut meat into standard cuts in preparation for marketing.
- Sever jugular veins to drain blood and facilitate slaughtering.
- Wrap dressed carcasses or meat cuts.
- Saw, split, or scribe carcasses into smaller portions to facilitate handling.
- Tend assembly lines, performing a few of the many cuts needed to process a carcass.
- Stun animals prior to slaughtering.
- Trim head meat, and sever or remove parts of animals' heads or skulls.
- Skin sections of animals or whole animals.
- Shackle hind legs of animals to raise them for slaughtering or skinning.
- Trim, clean, or cure animal hides.
Related Technology & Tools
- Shrink wrap meat packing machines
- Meat-cutting bandsaws
- Personal computers
- Skinning knives
- Meat package filling and sealing machines
- Label printers
- Meat compactors
- Bacon slicers
- Steak patty machines
- Slicing machines
- Blast chillers
- Sharpening steels
- Butcher knives
- Package wrapping machines
- Shoulder tattooers
- Motorized saws
- Hoisting equipment
- Cubing machines
- Meat grading probes
- Electrical stunning equipment
- Food scales
- Casing stuffing machines
- Food cooling equipment
- Dehairing machines
- Livestock shackles
- Radio frequency identification RFID devices
- Industrial forklifts
- Chop cutting machines
- Meat cleavers
- Belt conveyor systems
- Knife sharpeners
- Touch screen computers
- Meat grinders
- Carcass branding machines
- Second Foundation NaviMeat
- Data entry software
- AccountMate Software AccountMate
- Traceability software
- Microsoft Office
- Integrated Management Systems Food Connex Cloud
- AgInfoLink Meat Inventory Tracking System MITS
- RFID software