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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
- 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 “Live Hanger”
- 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.
- Shave or singe and defeather carcasses, and wash them in preparation for further processing or packaging.
- Wrap dressed carcasses or meat cuts.
- Trim head meat, and sever or remove parts of animals' heads or skulls.
- Stun animals prior to slaughtering.
- Grind meat into hamburger, and into trimmings used to prepare sausages, luncheon meats, and other meat products.
- 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.
- Remove bones, and cut meat into standard cuts in preparation for marketing.
- 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.
- Slit open, eviscerate, and trim carcasses of slaughtered animals.
- Tend assembly lines, performing a few of the many cuts needed to process a carcass.
Related Technology & Tools
- Industrial forklifts
- Chop cutting machines
- Shrink wrap meat packing machines
- Casing stuffing machines
- Dehairing machines
- Bacon slicers
- Belt conveyor systems
- Food scales
- Shoulder tattooers
- Livestock shackles
- Food cooling equipment
- Motorized saws
- Butcher knives
- Electrical stunning equipment
- Skinning knives
- Knife sharpeners
- Meat grading probes
- Blast chillers
- Meat package filling and sealing machines
- Steak patty machines
- Meat grinders
- Personal computers
- Hoisting equipment
- Carcass branding machines
- Package wrapping machines
- Label printers
- Slicing machines
- Sharpening steels
- Touch screen computers
- Cubing machines
- Meat compactors
- Meat-cutting bandsaws
- Meat cleavers
- Radio frequency identification RFID devices
- Traceability software
- RFID software
- Second Foundation NaviMeat
- Microsoft Office
- AccountMate Software AccountMate
- Integrated Management Systems Food Connex Cloud
- AgInfoLink Meat Inventory Tracking System MITS
- Data entry software