butcher, retail

Education:

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.

Work setting:

Butcher shop.

Relocation costs covered by employer.

Willing to relocate.

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.
• 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.
• Supervise other butchers, meat cutters and fishmongers.
• Grind meats.
• Train meat cutters.
• Make special sausages.
• Prepare special displays of meats, poultry and fish products.
• Shape, lace and tie roasts, other meats, poultry and seafood.

Equipment and machinery experience:

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

Security and safety:

Criminal record check.

Work conditions and physical capabilities:

• Work under pressure.
• Tight deadlines.
• 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 currently a student?.
2. Do you have experience working in this field?.
3. Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?.

Employment terms options:

• Evening.

Experience:

1 year to less than 2 years.

Employment terms options:

• Morning.
• Day.
• Weekend.

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.) .

Support for youths:

Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.

Support for Indigenous people:

Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations .

Support for mature workers:

Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination .

Supports for visible minorities:

Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.).