About this role
Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate. or equivalent experience.
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.
- Cut carcasses, sides and quarters.
- Prepare special cuts of meat ordered by customers.
- Cut, trim and prepare standard cuts of meat.
- Remove bones from meat.
- Weigh meats for sale.
- Supervise other butchers, meat cutters and fishmongers.
- Grind meats.
- Train meat cutters.
- Make special sausages.
- Slice cooked meats.
- Prepare special displays of meats, poultry and fish products.
- Shape, lace and tie roasts, other meats, poultry and seafood.
- Equipment and machinery experience: Band saw.
- Manual cutting utensil.
- Power grinder.
- Salami mixer and cooker.
- Sausage machine.
- Slicing machine.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Work under pressure.
- Tight deadlines.
- Fast-paced environment.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Attention to detail.
- Physically demanding.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Hand-eye co-ordination.
Screening questions: Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Employment terms options: Early morning.
- Morning.
- Experience: 5 years or more.
- Employment terms options: Day.
- Weekend.
- Overtime available.
- Other benefits: Free parking available.
- Support for persons with disabilities: Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities.
- Support for newcomers and refugees: Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition.
- Support for youths: Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth.
- Support for Veterans: Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans . Support for Indigenous people: Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations . Support for mature workers: Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers . Supports for visible minorities: Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.).