Slaughterers & Meat Packers
Also called:
Meat Cutter, Meat Trimmer, Meat Packer, Boning Room Worker
What they do:
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.
On the job, you would:
- Remove bones, and cut meat into standard cuts in preparation for marketing.
- Cut, trim, skin, sort, and wash viscera of slaughtered animals to separate edible portions from offal.
- Slaughter animals in accordance with religious law, and determine that carcasses meet specified religious standards.
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
- manufacture and distribution of products
- food production
Business
Engineering and Technology
Safety and Government
- public safety and security
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Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
Social
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
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Hand and Finger Use
- keep your arm or hand steady
- put together small parts with your fingers
Endurance
- exercise for a long time without getting out of breath
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People interested in this work like activities that include
practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Dependability
- Cooperation
- Attention to Detail
- Integrity
- Self Control
- Independence
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Examples of the technology used in this career will be available soon.
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some high school or
high school diploma
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
$23,490
per year, on average
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