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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 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
- Poultry Processor
- Poleman
- Pig Sticker
- Pelt Dropper
- Meat Processor
- Meat Processing Center Manager
- Meat Packager
- 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 “Meat Packager”
- Stun animals prior to slaughtering.
- Wrap dressed carcasses or meat cuts.
- Sever jugular veins to drain blood and facilitate slaughtering.
- Slit open, eviscerate, and trim carcasses of slaughtered animals.
- 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.
- Shackle hind legs of animals to raise them for slaughtering or skinning.
- Saw, split, or scribe carcasses into smaller portions to facilitate handling.
- Trim, clean, or cure animal hides.
- 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.
- 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
- Casing stuffing machines
- Dehairing machines
- Meat grinders
- Slicing machines
- Meat cleavers
- Belt conveyor systems
- Personal computers
- Industrial forklifts
- Package wrapping machines
- Livestock shackles
- Sharpening steels
- Chop cutting machines
- Radio frequency identification RFID devices
- Touch screen computers
- Hoisting equipment
- Label printers
- Bacon slicers
- Steak patty machines
- Shoulder tattooers
- Meat compactors
- Food scales
- Food cooling equipment
- Shrink wrap meat packing machines
- Cubing machines
- Blast chillers
- Meat grading probes
- Skinning knives
- Carcass branding machines
- Motorized saws
- Knife sharpeners
- Electrical stunning equipment
- Meat-cutting bandsaws
- Butcher knives
- Meat package filling and sealing machines
- Second Foundation NaviMeat
- Traceability software
- AccountMate Software AccountMate
- RFID software
- Microsoft Office
- Integrated Management Systems Food Connex Cloud
- AgInfoLink Meat Inventory Tracking System MITS
- Data entry software