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