About this role
Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate. Work site environment: Noisy. Hot. Work setting: Slaughter houses. Meat processing and/or packing plant/establishment.
Tasks
- Slaughter livestock and remove viscera and other inedible parts from carcasses.
- Cut beef, lamb, pork or veal carcasses or sides or quarters of carcasses into primal cuts for further cutting, processing or packaging.
- Cut meat and poultry into specific cuts for institutional, commercial or other wholesale use.
- Remove bones from meat.
- Equipment and machinery experience: Knives.
- Saws.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Handling heavy loads.
- Physically demanding.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Weight handling: Up to 45 kg (100 lbs).
- Own tools/equipment: Safety glasses/goggles.
- Steel-toed safety boots.
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years.
- Employment terms options: Morning.
- Day.
- Support for youths: Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.