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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 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 “Hog Slaughterer”

• Sever jugular veins to drain blood and facilitate slaughtering.
• Slit open, eviscerate, and trim carcasses of slaughtered animals.
• Trim head meat, and sever or remove parts of animals' heads or skulls.
• 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.
• Cut, trim, skin, sort, and wash viscera of slaughtered animals to separate edible portions from offal.
• Skin sections of animals or whole animals.
• Remove bones, and cut meat into standard cuts in preparation for marketing.
• Shave or singe and defeather carcasses, and wash them in preparation for further processing or packaging.
• 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.
• Wrap dressed carcasses or meat cuts.
• Stun animals prior to slaughtering.
• Tend assembly lines, performing a few of the many cuts needed to process a carcass.
• Trim, clean, or cure animal hides.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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