A Butcher, or Meat Butcher, prepares beef, lamb, pork, poultry and other meats for purchase. Duties often featured in a Butcher job description include inspecting, unpacking and cutting shipments of meat, sharpening knives and maintaining equipment, and deboning, trimming and packaging meat to make it ready for customers to buy.
Một Butcher phải có khả năng hoàn thành nhiều nhiệm vụ và trách nhiệm khác nhau. Sau đây là một số nhiệm vụ và trách nhiệm mà một Butcher phải có khả năng thực hiện:
- Receiving, unpacking and carefully inspecting shipments of meat
- Cutting, deboning and trimming meat into roasts, chops, steaks and other cuts
- Grinding meat and making sausages
- Weighing, packaging and labeling meat
- Fielding questions about meats and fulfilling special orders
- Sharpening knives and performing maintenance on cutters and other equipment
- Cleaning and disinfecting working areas to ensure food safety
- Conducting inventory and ordering meats in some cases
Một Butcher cạnh tranh sẽ có một số kỹ năng và trình độ nhất định, bao gồm:
- Ability to use knives, meat slicers, meat grinders, sausage fillers, meat saws, knife sharpeners, scales and other tools and equipment
- Knowledge of common cuts of meat and USDA meat quality grading systems
- Ability to move heavy boxes and cuts of meat from one location to another
- Interpersonal skills to make a good impression on customers
- Observational skills to conduct inspections
- Ability to remain upright and mobile throughout most of a shift
- Computer skills to utilize inventory control and point-of-sales software systems
