How do they match: Slaughterers and Meat Packers

  • Perform nonroutine or precision functions involving the preparation of large portions of meat. Work may include specialized slaughtering tasks, cutting standard or premium cuts of meat for marketing, making sausage, or wrapping meats. Work typically occurs in slaughtering, meat packing, or wholesale establishments.

  • Grind meat into hamburger, and into trimmings used to prepare sausages, luncheon meats, and other meat products.
  • Remove bones, and cut meat into standard cuts in preparation for marketing.
  • Shave or singe and defeather carcasses, and wash them in preparation for further processing or packaging.
  • Slaughter animals in accordance with religious law, and determine that carcasses meet specified religious standards.

  • Prepare meat products for sale or consumption.
  • Clean materials to prepare them for production.