Slaughterers & Meat Packers

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Job Outlook:
None
Education: None
Salary
High: $43,700.00
Average: $34,920.00
Hourly
Average: $16.79

What they 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.

On the job, you would:

  • Skin sections of animals or whole animals.
  • Remove bones, and cut meat into standard cuts in preparation for marketing.
  • Sever jugular veins to drain blood and facilitate slaughtering.

Personality

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Characteristics of this Career

86% Dependability  -  Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
81% Integrity  -  Job requires being honest and ethical.
80% Attention to Detail  -  Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
77% Adaptability/Flexibility  -  Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
77% Stress Tolerance  -  Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
75% Self-Control  -  Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
73% Independence  -  Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
73% Persistence  -  Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
68% Concern for Others  -  Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
68% Cooperation  -  Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
68% Initiative  -  Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
65% Leadership  -  Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Strengths

100% Realistic  -  Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.
67% Conventional  -  Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.

Aptitude

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

69% Arm-Hand Steadiness  -  The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.

Job Details

Responsibilities
Cut meat products.
Clean materials to prepare them for production.
Cut meat products.
Process animal carcasses.
Slaughter animals.
Cut meat products.
Process animal carcasses.
Cut meat products.
Process animal carcasses.
Slaughter animals.
Clean materials to prepare them for production.
Process animal carcasses.
Process animal carcasses.
Slaughter animals.
Process animal carcasses.
Cut meat products.
Process animal carcasses.
Process animal carcasses.
Prepare meat products for sale or consumption.
Slaughter animals.
Prepare meat products for sale or consumption.
Process animal carcasses.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

96% Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets  -  How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets?
92% Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls  -  How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls?
89% Work With Work Group or Team  -  How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
84% Spend Time Standing  -  How much does this job require standing?
82% Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions  -  How much does this job require making repetitive motions?
80% Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment  -  How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.)
79% Indoors, Environmentally Controlled  -  How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
78% Face-to-Face Discussions  -  How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
73% Responsible for Others' Health and Safety  -  How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job?
73% Contact With Others  -  How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
73% Physical Proximity  -  To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people?
70% Importance of Being Exact or Accurate  -  How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
66% Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings  -  How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings?
71% Duration of Typical Work Week  -  Number of hours typically worked in one week.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Tasks & Values

68% Handling and Moving Objects  -  Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.

Getting Started

Education:
61%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
29%
Less than a High School Diploma

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