Slaughterers and Meat Packers

Top 3 Meat Packers Jobs

Meat Packing Team Member - BBSI Napa - Petaluma, CA
The Meat Packing Team Member is a hard worker with appropriate skills to perform butchery and meat packing tasks for beef, pork, lamb, goat, and poultry. Has a positive attitude, is punctual ...
Meat Packers - 2nd shift -$18 2:30pm start - EFP Staffing - City of Industry, CA
Growing meat packing company looking to hire associates for the 2nd shift Company packages deli meat for franchise restaurants and grocery stores. Weekly Pay / Temp to Hire 2nd shift - 2:30pm start ...
Meat Packer/ Sanitation at Manas Ranch Custom Meats Inc - RACHEAL JESPERSEN - Esparto, CA
Wrapping and packing meat products according to company guidelines. * Loading and unloading distribution and/or delivery trucks. * Working with the storage management department to ensure that all ...

What Slaughterers and meat packers Do

Perform nonroutine or precision functions involving the preparation of large portions of meat. Work may include specialized slaughtering tasks, cutting standard or premium cuts of meat for marketing, making sausage, or wrapping meats. Work typically occurs in slaughtering, meat packing, or wholesale establishments. Excludes Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers who perform routine meat cutting.

Slaughterer and meat packer Salaries

2020 employment: 79,700
May 2021 median annual wage: $29,900

Job Outlook for Slaughterers and meat packers

Projected employment change, 2020-30:

Number of new jobs: 3,400
Growth rate: 4 percent (Slower than average)

How to Become a Slaughterer or meat packer

Education and training:

Typical entry-level education: No formal educational credential
Work experience in a related occupation: None
Typical on-the-job training: Short-term on-the-job training

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