meat cutter - retail or wholesale

Additional Information

• Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years

Work site environment

• Odours
• Cold/refrigerated

Work setting

• Butcher shop
• Supermarket and meat department
• Supermarket/grocery store

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

Equipment and machinery experience

• Band saw
• Manual cutting utensil
• Power grinder
• Slicing machine

Security and safety

• Basic security clearance

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
• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 40 hours per week