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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 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
• Sausage Maker
• Religious Ritual Slaughterer
• Poultry Slaughterer
• Poultry Processor
• Poleman
• Pig Sticker
• Pelt Dropper
• Meat Trimmer
• 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 “Meat Trimmer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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