meat cutter - retail or wholesale

Work setting

• Butcher shop
• Meat processing and/or packing plant/establishment

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Clean meats to prepare for processing or cutting
• Prepare special cuts of meat ordered by customers
• Cut, trim and prepare standard cuts of meat
• Wrap and package prepared meats
• Remove bones from meat
• Weigh meats for sale
• Price meat products
• Supervise other butchers, meat cutters and fishmongers
• Grind meats
• Train meat cutters
• Make special sausages
• Prepare special orders

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Work under pressure
• Fast-paced environment
• Attention to detail
• Physically demanding
• Hand-eye co-ordination

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Dependability
• Initiative
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player

Benefits

Health benefits

• Health care plan

Other benefits

• Parking available