Butcher, industrial

• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 74 hours bi-weekly
• Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
• Experience: Experience an asset

Work site environment

• Noisy
• Odours
• Dusty
• Hot
• Cold/refrigerated

Work setting

• Slaughter houses
• Meat processing and/or packing plant/establishment

Tasks

• Slaughter livestock and remove viscera and other inedible parts from carcasses
• Cut beef, lamb, pork or veal carcasses or sides or quarters of carcasses into primal cuts for further cutting, processing or packaging
• Remove bones from meat
• Remove filled containers from conveyors
• Feed and unload processing machines
• Check products and packaging for basic quality defects
• Assist process control and machine operators in performing their duties
• Food safety/handling skills
• Transport raw materials, finished products and packaging materials

Transportation/travel information

• Public transportation is available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Manual dexterity
• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure

Weight handling

• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Personal suitability

• Team player
• Reliability
• Punctuality

Screening questions

• Are you authorized to work in Canada?

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Disability benefits
• Health care plan

Financial benefits

• As per collective agreement

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• Other benefits
• Parking available