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