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