Butcher, industrial

• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 37 to 40 hours per week
• Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
• Experience: 1 to less than 7 months

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
• Cut meat and poultry into specific cuts for institutional, commercial or other wholesale use
• 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

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Manual dexterity
• 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

• Do you have experience working in this field?

Employment terms options

• Day

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Health care plan

Financial benefits

• As per collective agreement
• Life insurance
• Pension plan

Long term benefits

• Long-term care insurance

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• Other benefits
• Parking available

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)

Supports for visible minorities

• Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)