Will “Saw Operator” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

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
• 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 “Saw Operator”

• Shackle hind legs of animals to raise them for slaughtering or skinning.
• Wrap dressed carcasses or meat cuts.
• Tend assembly lines, performing a few of the many cuts needed to process a carcass.
• Skin sections of animals or whole animals.
• Slaughter animals in accordance with religious law, and determine that carcasses meet specified religious standards.
• 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.
• Stun animals prior to slaughtering.
• Saw, split, or scribe carcasses into smaller portions to facilitate handling.
• Trim, clean, or cure animal hides.
• Trim head meat, and sever or remove parts of animals' heads or skulls.
• Shave or singe and defeather carcasses, and wash them in preparation for further processing or packaging.
• 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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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