butcher, retail

Education:

No degree, certificate or diploma.

Work site environment:

• Odours.
• Cold/refrigerated.

Work setting:

Butcher shop.

Relocation costs not covered by employer.

Willing to relocate.

Wholesalers.

Tasks:

• Clean meats to prepare for processing or cutting.
• 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.
• Cut poultry into parts.
• Price meat products.
• Clean and prepare fish and shellfish.
• Sell meats to customers.
• Cut fish into steaks and fillets.
• Grind meats.
• Make special sausages.
• Slice cooked meats.
• Shape, lace and tie roasts, other meats, poultry and seafood.

Equipment and machinery experience:

• Band saw.
• Manual cutting utensil.
• Power grinder.
• Sausage machine.
• Slicing machine.

Work conditions and physical capabilities:

• Work under pressure.
• Fast-paced environment.
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
• Standing for extended periods.
• Attention to detail.
• Physically demanding.
• Handling heavy loads.
• Hand-eye co-ordination.

Personal suitability:

• Accurate.
• Client focus.
• Dependability.
• Efficient interpersonal skills.
• Excellent oral communication.
• Excellent written communication.
• Flexibility.
• Initiative.
• Judgement.
• Organized.
• Reliability.
• Team player.

Screening questions:

1. Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
2. Do you have experience working in this field?.

Employment terms options:

• Flexible hours.
• Morning.

Experience:

No experience (will train).

Employment terms options:

• Day.
• Weekend.
• Overtime available.

Health benefits:

• Dental plan.
• Disability benefits.
• Health care plan.
• Vision care benefits.

Other benefits:

• Free parking available.
• Learning/training paid by employer.
• Team building opportunities.

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 social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.).
• Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.) .
• Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition.
• Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees .
• Does not require Canadian work experience.

Support for youths:

• Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.
• 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 .
• Supports Veterans in translating their military skills and experience into the language of the civilian job market .

Support for Indigenous people:

Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers .

Support for mature workers:

• Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination .
• 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.).
• Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities.