butcher - butcher shop

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
• or equivalent experience

Work site environment

• Cold / refrigerated

Work setting

• Butcher shop
• Supermarket / grocery store

Tasks

• Clean meats to prepare for processing or cutting
• Cut carcasses, sides and quarters
• Prepare special cuts of meat ordered by customers
• Cut, trim and prepare standard cuts of meat
• Wrap and package prepared meats
• Remove bones from meat
• Weigh meats for sale
• Price meat products
• Sell meats to customers
• Supervise other butchers, meat cutters and fishmongers
• Grind meats
• Train meat cutters
• Prepare special displays of meats, poultry and fish products

Equipment and machinery experience

• Band saw
• Manual cutting utensil
• Power grinder

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Work under pressure
• Fast-paced environment
• Standing for extended periods
• Attention to detail
• Physically demanding
• Handling heavy loads
• Hand-eye co-ordination

Personal suitability

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

Experience

• 2 years to less than 3 years
• Durée de l'emploi : Permanent
• Langue de travail : Anglais
• Heures de travail : 40 hours per week