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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
• 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 “Sausage Maker”

• Trim, clean, or cure animal hides.
• Remove bones, and cut meat into standard cuts in preparation for marketing.
• Cut, trim, skin, sort, and wash viscera of slaughtered animals to separate edible portions from offal.
• Sever jugular veins to drain blood and facilitate slaughtering.
• Skin sections of animals or whole animals.
• Saw, split, or scribe carcasses into smaller portions to facilitate handling.
• Slit open, eviscerate, and trim carcasses of slaughtered animals.
• Wrap dressed carcasses or meat cuts.
• Shave or singe and defeather carcasses, and wash them in preparation for further processing or packaging.
• Slaughter animals in accordance with religious law, and determine that carcasses meet specified religious standards.
• 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.
• Shackle hind legs of animals to raise them for slaughtering or skinning.
• Stun animals prior to slaughtering.
• Trim head meat, and sever or remove parts of animals' heads or skulls.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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