- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years
- or equivalent experience
Work setting
- Supermarket and meat department
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
- Grind meats
- Make special sausages
- 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
- Power grinder
- Sausage machine
- Slicing machine
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Work under pressure
- Fast-paced environment
- Standing for extended periods
- Attention to detail
- Physically demanding
- Hand-eye co-ordination
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Dependability
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
Screening questions
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 35 hours per week