Butcher – butcher shop
DESI MANDI
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Experience
7 months to less than 1 year
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work setting
- Supermarket/grocery store
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Clean meats to prepare for processing or cutting
- Cut carcasses, sides and quarters
- Cut, trim and prepare standard cuts of meat
- Wrap and package prepared meats
- Remove bones from meat
- Weigh meats for sale
- Cut poultry into parts
- Price meat products
- Clean and prepare fish and shellfish
- Sell meats to customers
- Cut fish into steaks and fillets
- Supervise other butchers, meat cutters and fishmongers
- Grind meats
- Train meat cutters
- Make special sausages
- Slice cooked meats
- Prepare special displays of meats, poultry and fish products
- Shape, lace and tie roasts, other meats, poultry and seafood
- Prepare special orders
Experience and specialization
Equipment and machinery experience
- Band saw
- Manual cutting utensil
- Power grinder
- Salami mixer and cooker
- Sausage machine
- Slicing machine
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Fast-paced environment
- Standing for extended periods
- Attention to detail
- Physically demanding
- Handling heavy loads
- Hand-eye co-ordination
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player