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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
• 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
• Sheep Killer
• Shactor
• Seafood Processor
• Scriber
• Sawyer
• Saw Operator
• Sausage Maker
• Religious Ritual Slaughterer
• Production Worker
• 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 “Production Worker”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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