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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
• 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 “Poultry Processor”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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