Occupation Atlasmeat cutter
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/05f6eaeb-b285-46bd-a44a-225bd429e329
meat cutter
Meat cutters cut carcasses of animals into large and smaller parts for further processing. They remove bones from pre-processed carcasses of animals either manually or using machines.
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Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
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Occupational interest profile
RCERealistic · Conventional · Enterprising — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic6.26
- C Conventional3.92
- E Enterprising2.78
- S Social1.89
- A Artistic1.78
- I Investigative1.41
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Butchers and Meat Cutters (51-3021.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (30)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- animal anatomy for food production
- apply GMP
- apply HACCP
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- clean the trimming box
- cope with blood
- cultural practices regarding animal parts sorting
- cultural practices regarding animal slaughter
- documentation concerning meat production
- ensure refrigeration of food in the supply chain
- ensure sanitation
- follow hygienic procedures during food processing
- handle knives for cutting activities
- handle knives for meat processing activities
- handle meat processing equipment in cooling rooms
- lift heavy weights
- maintain cutting equipment
- mark differences in colours
- monitor temperature in manufacturing process of food and beverages
- operate cutting equipment
- operate weighing machine
- process livestock organs
- sort cut parts of carcasses inside cooling compartments
- split animal carcasses
- tend meat processing production machines
- tolerate strong smells
- trace meat products
- use cutting equipment
- weigh parts of animal carcasses
- work in cold environments
Optional (15)
- act reliably
- adapt efficient food processing practices
- consider economic criteria in decision making
- dispose food waste
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production
- execute chilling processes to food products
- food storage
- have computer literacy
- legislation about animal origin products
- liaise with colleagues
- liaise with managers
- manage challenging work conditions during food processing operations
- operate metal contaminants detector
- provide first aid
- slaughter animals
O*NET equivalents
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Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 30 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
meat preparations operator
20 shared · 17 more of its ownweigh parts of animal carcasses, clean the trimming box, handle meat processing equipment in cooling rooms, trace meat products
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slaughterer
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prepared meat operator
20 shared · 21 more of its owndocumentation concerning meat production, handle meat processing equipment in cooling rooms, trace meat products, cultural practices regarding animal parts sorting
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butcher
19 shared · 17 more of its ownhandle knives for cutting activities, trace meat products, cultural practices regarding animal parts sorting, split animal carcasses
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halal butcher
16 shared · 14 more of its owntrace meat products, cultural practices regarding animal parts sorting, split animal carcasses, tend meat processing production machines
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kosher slaughterer
16 shared · 15 more of its owndocumentation concerning meat production, handle knives for cutting activities, clean the trimming box, handle meat processing equipment in cooling rooms
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halal slaughterer
16 shared · 17 more of its owndocumentation concerning meat production, handle knives for cutting activities, clean the trimming box, handle meat processing equipment in cooling rooms
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kosher butcher
14 shared · 12 more of its owntrace meat products, cultural practices regarding animal parts sorting, split animal carcasses, tend meat processing production machines
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