Meat cutter – retail or wholesale
WINKS
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- or equivalent experience
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work site environment
- Odours
- Cold/refrigerated
Work setting
- Butcher shop
- Supermarket and meat department
- 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
- Sell meats to customers
- Cut fish into steaks and fillets
- Supervise other butchers, meat cutters and fishmongers
- Grind meats
- Train meat cutters
- Slice cooked meats
Experience and specialization
Equipment and machinery experience
- Band saw
- Manual cutting utensil
- Power grinder
- Slicing machine
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Standing for extended periods
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
Benefits
Health benefits
- Paramedical services coverage
Financial benefits
- As per collective agreement
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- On-site amenities
- Team building opportunities