butcher - butcher shop

Education:

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.

Work site environment:

Odours. Cold/refrigerated.

Work setting:

Butcher shop. Relocation costs not covered by employer. Supermarket and meat department. Willing to relocate. Supermarket/grocery store.

Tasks:

• Clean meats to prepare for processing or cutting.
• Cut carcasses, sides and quarters.
• 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.
• Slice cooked meats.
• Prepare special displays of meats, poultry and fish products.
• Shape, lace and tie roasts, other meats, poultry and seafood.
• Prepare special orders.

Equipment and machinery experience:

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

Work conditions and physical capabilities:

• Work under pressure.
• Tight deadlines.
• Fast-paced environment.
• Standing for extended periods.
• Attention to detail.
• Physically demanding.
• Hand-eye co-ordination.

Personal suitability:

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

Employment terms options:

Flexible hours.

Experience:

Experience an asset.

Other benefits:

Free parking available. Parking available.

Support for persons with disabilities:

• Provides physical accessibility accommodations (for example: ramps, elevators, etc.).
• Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports persons with disabilities .
• Applies accessible and inclusive recruitment policies that accommodate persons with disabilities .

Support for newcomers and refugees:

• Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.).
• Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition.

Support for youths:

Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.

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.).