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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
• 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
• 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
• Breast Trimmer
• Brainer
• Bitter
• Beef Splitter
• Beef Killer
• Animal Stunner
• Animal Sticker
• Animal Killer
• All-Round Butcher
• All Around Butcher

Tasks for “Breast Trimmer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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