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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 Trimmer”

• Tend assembly lines, performing a few of the many cuts needed to process a carcass.
• 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.
• Shave or singe and defeather carcasses, and wash them in preparation for further processing or packaging.
• Stun animals prior to slaughtering.
• Trim, clean, or cure animal hides.
• Cut, trim, skin, sort, and wash viscera of slaughtered animals to separate edible portions from offal.
• Wrap dressed carcasses or meat cuts.
• Sever jugular veins to drain blood and facilitate slaughtering.
• Shackle hind legs of animals to raise them for slaughtering or skinning.
• 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.
• Remove bones, and cut meat into standard cuts in preparation for marketing.
• Skin sections of animals or whole animals.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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