Industrial Butchers - Slaughtering or Cutting
Job description
These individuals prepare animal carcasses and make a first cut. They then make a finishing cut.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Equipment, machinery, tools
- Biological agents
- Odours
- Nontoxic dust
- Humidity
- Noise
Main tasks
- Remove or treat skin.
- Eviscerate and clean carcasses.
- Remove bones and fat from the meat.
- Cut or saw carcasses into pieces of meat.
- Cut the meat according to the type of piece desired.
- Prepare pieces of meat for refrigeration.
Advancement and mobility
- Experience leads to senior or supervisory positions.
Training and requirements
Formation
No specific training
Sometimes required
- A Forklift Operator competency card may be required.
- Certificate of vocational qualification sometimes issued by the ministère de l’Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale (MESS).
WAP
This occupation is targeted by a Workplace Apprenticeship Program
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Information processing
- Active listening
- Result evaluation
- Oral expression
- Judgment and decision-making
- Critical thought
Abilities
- Hand-arm stability
- Control accuracy
- Near vision
- Selective attention
- Manual dexterity
- Core strength
- Verbal skills
- Speech clarity
- Oral comprehension
- Limb coordination
- Digital dexterity
- Information organization
- Speech recognition
- Awareness of issues
- Visualization
Knowledge and attributes
- Focussed on results
- Autonomy
- Capacity to work in a team
- Knowledge of production and treatment
- Attention to detail
- Respect standards and regulations
- Assiduity and punctuality
- Tolerance to frequent temperature variations
- Knowledge of plant and animal production
- Timeliness
Interests
- Work manually
- Exercer une activité sportive ou physique
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
Appellation d’emploi liée (à traduire)
Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers (CNP 94141)
Skill type
Manufacturing and utilities
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Last update: January 29, 2026
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