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