Butchers and Meat Cutters

People in this career often know a lot about:

• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Food Production - Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
• Production and Processing - Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

People in this career often have talent in:

• Manual Dexterity - The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
• Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

People in this career often do these activities:

• Prepare meat products for sale or consumption.
• Mark products, workpieces, or equipment with identifying information.
• Weigh finished products.
• Cut meat products.
• Inspect food products.
• Estimate material requirements for production.

• Order materials, supplies, or equipment.
• Record operational or production data.
• Direct operational or production activities.
• Load items into ovens or furnaces.
• Confer with customers or designers to determine order specifications.

• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers

• Cooks, Fast Food

• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria

• Cooks, Restaurant

• Bartenders

• Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food

• Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks

• Bakers

• Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers

• Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders