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Career Details :: Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
Description
Use hand tools to perform routine cutting and trimming of meat, poultry, and fish.
Experience
No previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, a person can become a general office clerk even if he/she has never worked in an office before.
Education
These occupations may require a high school diploma or GED certificate. Some may require a formal training course to obtain a license.
Training
Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few days to a few months of training. Usually, an experienced worker could show you how to do the job.
Tasks
- Cuts and trims meat to prepare for packing.
- Inspects meat products for defects or blemishes.
- Removes parts such as skin, feathers, scales, or bones from carcass.
- Trims, slices, and sections carcasses for future processing.
- Slaughters live animals.
- Cleans carcasses and removes waste products or defective portions.
- Seals containers of meat.
- Separates meats and byproducts into specified containers.
- Obtains and distributes specified meat or carcass.
- Weighs meats and tags containers for weight and contents.
Related Careers
- Cutters and Trimmers, Hand
- Dishwashers
- Mold Makers, Hand
- Packers and Packagers, Hand
- Slaughterers and Meat Packers
- Upholsterers
Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Handling and Moving Objects
- Performing General Physical Activities
- Judging Qualities of Things, Service, People
- Monitor Processes, Material, Surroundings
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Important Skills
- Product Inspection
- Equipment Selection
- Problem Identification
- Information Organization
- Operation and Control
Frequent Work Context
- Indoors
- Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls
- Consequence of Error
- Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
- Standing
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