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Job Details

Retail Meat Cutter

Employer

KARIM MEATS

Date Posted

March 14, 2023

Languages

English
  • Location Edmonton, AB
  • Earnings $28.85 to $29.50 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 32 to 40 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 3  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Apr 13, 2023
Job Requirements

Employer

KARIM MEATS

Languages

English

Education

  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  • or equivalent experience

Work site environment

Cold/refrigerated

Work setting

  • Butcher shop
  • Supermarket/grocery store

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
  • Grind meats
  • Train meat cutters

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

Not required

Equipment and machinery experience

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

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Work under pressure
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Physically demanding
  • Handling heavy loads

Personal suitability

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

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Retail Meat Cutter 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

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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