butcher - retail or wholesale

Additional Information

• Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
• Experience: Experience an asset

Work site environment

• Odours
• Cold/refrigerated

Work setting

• Butcher shop
• Meat processing and/or packing plant/establishment
• Wholesalers

Tasks

• Clean meats to prepare for processing or cutting
• Wrap and package prepared meats
• Remove bones from meat
• Weigh meats for sale
• 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
• Prepare special orders
• Prepare special displays of meats, poultry and fish products
• Shape, lace and tie roasts, other meats, poultry and seafood

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Fast-paced environment
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Standing for extended periods
• Attention to detail
• Physically demanding
• Hand-eye co-ordination

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Dependability
• Flexibility
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player

Screening questions

• Are you available for shift or on-call work?
• 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?
• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 40 hours per week