butcher, slaughterhouse

Additional Information

• Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
• Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years

Work site environment

• Cold/refrigerated

Work setting

• Slaughter houses
• Meat processing and/or packing plant/establishment

Tasks

• Slaughter livestock and remove viscera and other inedible parts from carcasses
• Cut beef, lamb, pork or veal carcasses or sides or quarters of carcasses into primal cuts for further cutting, processing or packaging
• Remove bones from meat

Equipment and machinery experience

• Knives

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Repetitive tasks
• Physically demanding
• Manual dexterity
• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Standing for extended periods

Weight handling

• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Personal suitability

• Team player

Screening questions

• Are you available for the advertised start date?
• Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
• Are you willing to relocate for this position?
• Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
• Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
• What is the highest level of study you have completed?

Health benefits

• Health care plan

Long term benefits

• Other benefits
• Pension plan

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• Learning/training paid by employer
• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 80 hours bi-weekly