Slaughterhouse butcher
Dufferin County Meats Inc.
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- or equivalent experience
Experience
Will train
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work site environment
- Noisy
- Odours
- Dusty
- Cold/refrigerated
- Wet/damp
Work setting
- Slaughter houses
- Meat processing and/or packing plant/establishment
- Remote location
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Slaughter livestock and remove viscera and other inedible parts from carcasses
- Slaughter cattle, calves, and sheep as prescribed by religious laws
- Cut beef, lamb, pork or veal carcasses or sides or quarters of carcasses into primal cuts for further cutting, processing or packaging
- Cut meat and poultry into specific cuts for institutional, commercial or other wholesale use
- Remove bones from meat
- Perform other labouring and elemental activities
- Clean work area
Experience and specialization
Equipment and machinery experience
- Cleavers
- Knives
- Power cutting tools
- Saws
- Stunning devices
Additional information
Security and safety
- Criminal record check
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Work under pressure
Weight handling
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Team player
- Punctuality