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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
- 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 “Sheep Killer”
- Trim, clean, or cure animal hides.
- Trim head meat, and sever or remove parts of animals' heads or skulls.
- Skin sections of animals or whole animals.
- Shackle hind legs of animals to raise them for slaughtering or skinning.
- Slit open, eviscerate, and trim carcasses of slaughtered animals.
- Saw, split, or scribe carcasses into smaller portions to facilitate handling.
- Shave or singe and defeather carcasses, and wash them in preparation for further processing or packaging.
- Stun animals prior to slaughtering.
- Sever jugular veins to drain blood and facilitate slaughtering.
- 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.
- Wrap dressed carcasses or meat cuts.
- Slaughter animals in accordance with religious law, and determine that carcasses meet specified religious standards.
- Cut, trim, skin, sort, and wash viscera of slaughtered animals to separate edible portions from offal.
- Remove bones, and cut meat into standard cuts in preparation for marketing.
Related Technology & Tools
- Knife sharpeners
- Slicing machines
- Package wrapping machines
- Skinning knives
- Meat cleavers
- Chop cutting machines
- Radio frequency identification RFID devices
- Food scales
- Motorized saws
- Electrical stunning equipment
- Butcher knives
- Shrink wrap meat packing machines
- Sharpening steels
- Meat-cutting bandsaws
- Food cooling equipment
- Meat compactors
- Meat package filling and sealing machines
- Touch screen computers
- Personal computers
- Livestock shackles
- Belt conveyor systems
- Blast chillers
- Dehairing machines
- Bacon slicers
- Label printers
- Shoulder tattooers
- Carcass branding machines
- Cubing machines
- Industrial forklifts
- Meat grinders
- Casing stuffing machines
- Meat grading probes
- Steak patty machines
- Hoisting equipment
- Microsoft Office
- RFID software
- Data entry software
- AgInfoLink Meat Inventory Tracking System MITS
- Integrated Management Systems Food Connex Cloud
- AccountMate Software AccountMate
- Second Foundation NaviMeat
- Traceability software