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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 “Meat Packer”

• Tend assembly lines, performing a few of the many cuts needed to process a carcass.
• Skin sections of animals or whole animals.
• 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.
• Slaughter animals in accordance with religious law, and determine that carcasses meet specified religious standards.
• Trim head meat, and sever or remove parts of animals' heads or skulls.
• Grind meat into hamburger, and into trimmings used to prepare sausages, luncheon meats, and other meat products.
• 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.
• Saw, split, or scribe carcasses into smaller portions to facilitate handling.
• Remove bones, and cut meat into standard cuts in preparation for marketing.
• Wrap dressed carcasses or meat cuts.
• Trim, clean, or cure animal hides.
• Stun animals prior to slaughtering.
• Shackle hind legs of animals to raise them for slaughtering or skinning.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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