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Work site environment
- Odours
- Cold/refrigerated
Work setting
- Butcher shop
Tasks
- Wrap and package prepared meats
- Weigh meats for sale
- Slice cooked meats
- Remove bones from meat
- Grind meats
- Cut poultry into parts
- Cut, trim and prepare standard cuts of meat
- Cut carcasses, sides and quarters
- Clean meats to prepare for processing or cutting
- Prepare special cuts of meat ordered by customers
Equipment and machinery experience
- Slicing machine
- Manual cutting utensil
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Standing for extended periods
- Attention to detail
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Work under pressure
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Reliability
- Team player
- Accurate
- Excellent oral communication
- Dependability
- Judgement
- Organized
Screening questions
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
Support for persons with disabilities
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for persons with disabilities
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees
Support for youths
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth
Support for Veterans
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Veterans
Support for Indigenous people
- Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers
Support for mature workers
- Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers
Supports for visible minorities
- Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)