Jobs / Physical work / 51-3021.00
Butchers and Meat Cutters
Cut, trim, or prepare consumer-sized portions of meat for use or sale in retail establishments.
- US jobs
- 136,430
- Median wage
- $40,140 a year
- Job family
- Physical work
Can agents do the work of butchers and meat cutters?
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Typical tasks
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- Prepare and place meat cuts and products in display counter to appear attractive and catch the shopper's eye.
- Wrap, weigh, label, and price cuts of meat.
- Cut, trim, bone, tie, and grind meats, such as beef, pork, poultry, and fish, to prepare in cooking form.
- Prepare special cuts of meat ordered by customers.
- Receive, inspect, and store meat upon delivery to ensure meat quality.
- Estimate requirements and order or requisition meat supplies to maintain inventories.
- Shape, lace, and tie roasts, using boning knife, skewer, and twine.
- Record quantity of meat received and issued to cooks or keep records of meat sales.
- Supervise other butchers or meat cutters.
- Cure, smoke, tenderize, and preserve meat.
- Negotiate with representatives from supply companies to determine order details.
Other job titles for this occupation (32)
Butcher · Meat Clerk · Meat Cutter · Meat Specialist · Meat Wrapper · Beef Shoppe Clerk · Blockman · Butcher Block Clerk · Cleaver · Halal Butcher · Hotel and Restaurant Butcher · Journeyman Meat Cutter · Kosher Butcher · Meat Associate · Meat Butcher · Meat Carver · Meat Counter Clerk · Meat Counter Worker · Meat Dresser · Meat Loiner · Meat Service Team Member · Meat Slicer · Meat Team Member · Meatcutter · Meatman · Seafood Associate · Seafood Clerk · Seafood Counter Clerk · Seafood Service Team Member · Service Meat Clerk · Slicer · Small Order Cutter