butcher
Butchers order, inspect and buy meat to prepare it and sell it as consumable meat products. They perform activities such as cutting, trimming, boning, tying, and grinding beef, pork, and poultry meat. They prepare those mentioned sorts of meat for consumption.
Also called: butchery expert, animal butcher, butchery worker
- 36
- essential skills
- 31
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 7511
- ISCO-08 group
Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- halal butcherWhat changes?29 skills in common
- kosher butcherWhat changes?25 skills in common
- prepared meat operatorWhat changes?24 skills in common
- meat preparations operator21 skills in common
- meat cutter19 skills in common
- slaughterer16 skills in common
- halal slaughterer14 skills in common
- kosher slaughterer14 skills in common
Essential skills
36- animal anatomy for food production
- apply GMP
- apply HACCP
- apply preservation treatments
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- consider economic criteria in decision making
- cope with blood
- cultural practices regarding animal parts sorting
- ensure refrigeration of food in the supply chain
- ensure sanitation
- follow an environmental friendly policy while processing food
- follow hygienic procedures during food processing
- food storage
- grind meat
- handle knives for cutting activities
- handle knives for meat processing activities
- legislation about animal origin products
- maintain food specifications
- mark differences in colours
- measure precise food processing operations
- monitor stock level
- monitor temperature in manufacturing process of food and beverages
- operate meat processing equipment
- prepare meat for sale
- prepare specialised meat products
- process customer orders
- process livestock organs
- provide first aid
- split animal carcasses
- tend meat packaging machine
- tend meat processing production machines
- tolerate strong smells
- trace meat products
- warm blooded animal organs
- work in a food processing team
- work in cold environments
Optional skills
31- act reliably
- adapt efficient food processing practices
- analyse characteristics of food products at reception
- care for food aesthetic
- carry out end of day accounts
- control of expenses
- dispose food waste
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production
- execute chilling processes to food products
- food allergies
- handle customer complaints
- handle glassware
- have computer literacy
- identify the factors causing changes in food during storage
- implement marketing strategies
- implement sales strategies
- inspect raw food materials
- keep inventory of goods in production
- liaise with colleagues
- liaise with managers
- lift heavy weights
- manage budgets
- manage challenging work conditions during food processing operations
- negotiate improvement with suppliers
- negotiate terms with suppliers
- operate metal contaminants detector
- operate weighing machine
- produce meat-based jelly preparations
- recruit employees
- select adequate ingredients
- work according to recipe
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