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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
- 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 “Poleman”
- 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.
- Trim head meat, and sever or remove parts of animals' heads or skulls.
- Slit open, eviscerate, and trim carcasses of slaughtered animals.
- Stun animals prior to slaughtering.
- Sever jugular veins to drain blood and facilitate slaughtering.
- Remove bones, and cut meat into standard cuts in preparation for marketing.
- Tend assembly lines, performing a few of the many cuts needed to process a carcass.
- Wrap dressed carcasses or meat cuts.
- Saw, split, or scribe carcasses into smaller portions to facilitate handling.
- Grind meat into hamburger, and into trimmings used to prepare sausages, luncheon meats, and other meat products.
- 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.
- Skin sections of animals or whole animals.
- Trim, clean, or cure animal hides.
Related Technology & Tools
- Personal computers
- Knife sharpeners
- Meat package filling and sealing machines
- Cubing machines
- Slicing machines
- Meat grading probes
- Belt conveyor systems
- Shoulder tattooers
- Skinning knives
- Food scales
- Meat grinders
- Label printers
- Chop cutting machines
- Blast chillers
- Food cooling equipment
- Bacon slicers
- Butcher knives
- Sharpening steels
- Motorized saws
- Steak patty machines
- Industrial forklifts
- Radio frequency identification RFID devices
- Carcass branding machines
- Hoisting equipment
- Touch screen computers
- Meat cleavers
- Casing stuffing machines
- Livestock shackles
- Meat-cutting bandsaws
- Electrical stunning equipment
- Shrink wrap meat packing machines
- Package wrapping machines
- Dehairing machines
- Meat compactors
- Microsoft Office
- Integrated Management Systems Food Connex Cloud
- Data entry software
- RFID software
- AgInfoLink Meat Inventory Tracking System MITS
- Traceability software
- Second Foundation NaviMeat
- AccountMate Software AccountMate