What You'll Do

  • Use knives, cleavers, meat saws, bandsaws, or other equipment to perform meat cutting and trimming.
  • Clean, trim, slice, and section carcasses for future processing.
  • Cut and trim meat to prepare for packing.
  • Remove parts, such as skin, feathers, scales or bones, from carcass.
  • Inspect meat products for defects, bruises or blemishes and remove them along with any excess fat.
  • Produce hamburger meat and meat trimmings.
  • Process primal parts into cuts that are ready for retail use.
  • Obtain and distribute specified meat or carcass.
  • Separate meats and byproducts into specified containers and seal containers.
  • Weigh meats and tag containers for weight and contents.

Essential Skills

Active Listening 3.12/5
Speaking 3.0/5
Critical Thinking 3.0/5
Monitoring 3.0/5
Judgment and Decision Making 3.0/5
Social Perceptiveness 2.88/5
Coordination 2.88/5
Time Management 2.88/5
Service Orientation 2.75/5
Instructing 2.62/5
Management of Personnel Resources 2.62/5
Operations Monitoring 2.5/5

Career Fit Overview

Use this summary to sense whether the day to day rhythm and focus of this path line up with what energizes you.

Top passions

  • Maker: Building and fixing energizes you. You like tangible results and practical tools.
  • Organizer: Bringing order to data and processes satisfies you.
  • Analyst: Investigating problems and finding patterns keeps you engaged.

Common styles

Dependability, Attention to Detail, Achievement/Effort, Integrity, Independence

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Key Abilities

This career demands strong capabilities in the following areas:

Arm-Hand Steadiness 3.38/5
Control Precision 3.25/5
Near Vision 3.25/5
Oral Expression 3.12/5
Selective Attention 3.12/5
Manual Dexterity 3.12/5
Trunk Strength 3.12/5
Oral Comprehension 3.0/5

Technologies & Tools

Meat inventory software Microsoft Excel Sales software Web browser software

Work Environment & Style

Common Styles for This Career

  • Dependability (High importance: 4.43/5)
  • Attention to Detail (High importance: 4.4/5)
  • Achievement/Effort (High importance: 4.03/5)
  • Integrity (High importance: 3.91/5)
  • Independence (High importance: 3.88/5)

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How to Become One

Little or no previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for this career. Training is provided on the job.

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