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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 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 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
• All-Round Butcher
• All Around Butcher

Tasks for “Animal Killer”

• Shave or singe and defeather carcasses, and wash them in preparation for further processing or packaging.
• Sever jugular veins to drain blood and facilitate slaughtering.
• Wrap dressed carcasses or meat cuts.
• Skin sections of animals or whole animals.
• Remove bones, and cut meat into standard cuts in preparation for marketing.
• Trim head meat, and sever or remove parts of animals' heads or skulls.
• Trim, clean, or cure animal hides.
• Stun animals prior to slaughtering.
• 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.
• Slaughter animals in accordance with religious law, and determine that carcasses meet specified religious standards.
• 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.
• Cut, trim, skin, sort, and wash viscera of slaughtered animals to separate edible portions from offal.
• Slit open, eviscerate, and trim carcasses of slaughtered animals.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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