Job details
- JobBank Id: 44607833
- JobSeekr Id: 383789
- Butcher – Retail Or Wholesale
- Edmonton, , AB
- Full time
- Bulk Buy Mart - Innisfail
- $25.00 to $35.00
- 30 to 40 hours per week
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- or equivalent experience
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work site environment
- Cold/refrigerated
- Noisy
Work setting
- Butcher shop
- Relocation costs covered by employer
- Supermarket and meat department
- Willing to relocate
- Meat processing and/or packing plant/establishment
- Supermarket/grocery store
- Wholesalers
- Retail/wholesale establishment/distribution centre
Responsibilities
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
- Sell meats to customers
- Grind meats
- Make special sausages
- Prepare special displays of meats, poultry and fish products
- Shape, lace and tie roasts, other meats, poultry and seafood
- Slaughter cattle, calves, and sheep as prescribed by religious laws
- Slaughter livestock and remove viscera and other inedible parts from carcasses
- Prepare special orders
- Cut beef, lamb, pork or veal carcasses or sides or quarters of carcasses into primal cuts for further cutting, processing or packaging
- Cut meat and poultry into specific cuts for institutional, commercial or other wholesale use
Experience and specialization
Equipment and machinery experience
- Band saw
- Manual cutting utensil
- Slicing machine
- Saws
- Knives
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Work under pressure
- Fast-paced environment
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Attention to detail
- Physically demanding
- Handling heavy loads
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Repetitive tasks
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
Benefits
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
- Life insurance
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- Learning/training paid by employer
- Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
- Team building opportunities