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Summary Description


	Work in slaughtering, meat packing, or wholesale establishments performing precision functions involving the preparation of meat. Work may include specialized slaughtering tasks, cutting standard or premium cuts of meat for marketing, making sausage, or wrapping meats.

Sample Job Titles

1.	All Around Butcher

2.	All-Round Butcher

3.	Animal Killer

4.	Animal Sticker

5.	Animal Stunner

6.	Beef Killer

7.	Beef Splitter

8.	Bitter

9.	Boning Room Worker

10.	Brainer

11.	Breast Trimmer

12.	Butcher

13.	Butcher Apprentice

14.	Cattle Killer

15.	Cold Storage Worker

16.	Debone Processing Supervisor

17.	Debone Supervisor

18.	Deboning Team Leader

19.	Delivery Driver

20.	Fetter Bone Buster

21.	Halal Meat Packer

22.	Hog Killer

23.	Hog Slaughterer

24.	Hog Sticker

25.	Kill Floor Supervisor

26.	Kill Room Operator

27.	Killer

28.	Laborer

29.	Live Hanger

30.	Livestock Slaughterer

31.	Meat Cutter

32.	Meat Dresser

33.	Meat Locker Plant Employee

34.	Meat Packager

35.	Meat Packer

36.	Meat Processing Center Manager

37.	Meat Processor

38.	Meat Trimmer

39.	Pelt Dropper

40.	Pig Sticker

41.	Poleman

42.	Poultry Processor

43.	Poultry Slaughterer

44.	Production Worker

45.	Religious Ritual Slaughterer

46.	Sausage Maker

47.	Saw Operator

48.	Sawyer

49.	Scriber

50.	Seafood Processor

51.	Shactor

52.	Sheep Killer

53.	Shochet

54.	Tank House Operator

55.	Throat Cutter

56.	Trimmer

Job Tasks

	Cut, trim, skin, sort, and wash viscera of slaughtered animals to separate edible portions from offal. Clean materials to prepare them for production. Cut meat products. Process animal carcasses.

	Slaughter animals in accordance with religious law, and determine that carcasses meet specified religious standards. Slaughter animals.

	Slit open, eviscerate, and trim carcasses of slaughtered animals. Cut meat products. Process animal carcasses.

	Tend assembly lines, performing a few of the many cuts needed to process a carcass. Cut meat products. Process animal carcasses.

	Remove bones, and cut meat into standard cuts in preparation for marketing. Cut meat products.

	Sever jugular veins to drain blood and facilitate slaughtering. Slaughter animals.

	Shave or singe and defeather carcasses, and wash them in preparation for further processing or packaging. Clean materials to prepare them for production. Process animal carcasses.

	Trim, clean, or cure animal hides. Process animal carcasses.

	Shackle hind legs of animals to raise them for slaughtering or skinning. Slaughter animals.

	Skin sections of animals or whole animals. Process animal carcasses.

	Trim head meat, and sever or remove parts of animals' heads or skulls. Cut meat products. Process animal carcasses.

	Saw, split, or scribe carcasses into smaller portions to facilitate handling. Process animal carcasses.

	Grind meat into hamburger, and into trimmings used to prepare sausages, luncheon meats, and other meat products. Prepare meat products for sale or consumption.

	Stun animals prior to slaughtering. Slaughter animals.

	Wrap dressed carcasses or meat cuts. Prepare meat products for sale or consumption. Process animal carcasses.

Work Activities

Importance	Work Activity

Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.

Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.

Performing General Physical Activities — Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.

Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material — Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.

Controlling Machines and Processes — Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).

Developing and Building Teams — Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.

Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.

Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information — Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.

Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.

Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.

Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.

Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others — Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.

Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.

Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others — Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.

Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.

Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.

Training and Teaching Others — Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.

Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.

Assisting and Caring for Others — Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.

Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.

Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.

Performing for or Working Directly with the Public — Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.

Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.

Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.

Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.

Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.

Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.

Coaching and Developing Others — Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.

Monitoring and Controlling Resources — Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.

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