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Job Details

Butcher, Slaughterhouse

Employer

Cargill Meat Solutions

Date Posted

January 13, 2025

Languages

English
  • Location High River, AB
  • Earnings $25.50 to $28.25 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 32 to 48 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 60  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Mar 12, 2025
Job Requirements

Employer

Cargill Meat Solutions

Languages

English

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

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
  • Remove bones from meat

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Knives
  • Power cutting tools
  • Saws
  • Stunning devices

Security and safety

  • Bondable
  • Drug test
  • Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

  • Own transportation
  • Own vehicle
  • Public transportation is not available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Repetitive tasks
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding
  • Manual dexterity
  • Attention to detail
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

Team player

Screening questions

  • Are you available for the advertised start date?
  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
  • Are you willing to relocate for this position?
  • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Paramedical services coverage
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

  • As per collective agreement
  • Night shift premium

Long term benefits

  • Long-term care insurance
  • Maternity and parental benefits
  • Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA)

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • On-site amenities
  • On-site recreation and activities
  • Other benefits
  • Parking available
  • Wellness program

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Butcher, Slaughterhouse is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Industrial Butchers
OBJECTIVE

Interest in operating equipment to split carcasses into smaller portions to facilitate handling

METHODICAL

Interest in comparing information to remove viscera and other inedible parts from carcasses, and to skin, clean and trim carcasses

directive

Interest in preparing meat for further processing, packaging and marketing

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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