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Head Butcher - Retail Or Wholesale job in Vermilion, AB with Vermilion Packers, Alberta - alis
This permanent full time Head Butcher - Retail Or Wholesale job from Vermilion Packers is offering $22.00 hourly for 40 hours per week.
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Head Butcher - Retail Or Wholesale

Employer

Vermilion Packers

Date Posted

January 20, 2026

Languages

English
  • Location Vermilion, AB
  • Earnings $22.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 40 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Feb 13, 2026
Job Requirements

Employer

Vermilion Packers

Languages

English

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Work site environment

  • Odours
  • Cold/refrigerated

Work setting

  • Butcher shop
  • Meat processing and/or packing plant/establishment
  • Wholesalers

Tasks

  • Clean meats to prepare for processing or cutting
  • Cut carcasses, sides and quarters
  • Prepare special cuts of meat ordered by customers
  • 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
  • Supervise other butchers, meat cutters and fishmongers
  • Grind meats
  • Train meat cutters
  • Make special sausages
  • Slice cooked meats
  • Prepare special displays of meats, poultry and fish products
  • Shape, lace and tie roasts, other meats, poultry and seafood

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Band saw
  • Manual cutting utensil
  • Power grinder
  • Slicing machine

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Tight deadlines
  • Fast-paced environment
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Attention to detail
  • Physically demanding
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Hand-eye co-ordination

Personal suitability

  • Accurate
  • Client focus
  • Dependability
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Initiative
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player

Employment terms options

Evening

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

Employment terms options

  • Morning
  • Day
  • Weekend

Other benefits

Other benefits

Support for newcomers and refugees

  • Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.)
  • Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
  • Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition
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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Head Butcher - Retail Or Wholesale is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Butchers, Meat Cutters and Fishmongers - Retail and Wholesale
METHODICAL

Interest in compiling information to process customers' orders; and to maintain inventories and keep records of meat sales

OBJECTIVE

Interest in precision working to grind meats and slice cooked meats using powered grinders and slicing machines

directive

Interest in determining the amounts and types of meat cuts to be prepared; may supervise other butchers and meat cutters

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