What You'll Do

  • Wrap, weigh, label, and price cuts of meat.
  • Prepare and place meat cuts and products in display counter to appear attractive and catch the shopper's eye.
  • Prepare special cuts of meat ordered by customers.
  • Cut, trim, bone, tie, and grind meats, such as beef, pork, poultry, and fish, to prepare in cooking form.
  • Receive, inspect, and store meat upon delivery to ensure meat quality.
  • Shape, lace, and tie roasts, using boning knife, skewer, and twine.
  • Estimate requirements and order or requisition meat supplies to maintain inventories.
  • Supervise other butchers or meat cutters.
  • Record quantity of meat received and issued to cooks or keep records of meat sales.
  • Negotiate with representatives from supply companies to determine order details.

Essential Skills

Active Listening 3.12/5
Reading Comprehension 3.0/5
Speaking 3.0/5
Critical Thinking 3.0/5
Monitoring 3.0/5
Social Perceptiveness 3.0/5
Service Orientation 3.0/5
Time Management 3.0/5
Coordination 2.88/5
Complex Problem Solving 2.88/5
Judgment and Decision Making 2.88/5
Persuasion 2.75/5

Career Fit Overview

Use this summary to understand the kind of profile this role rewards. It helps you judge whether this career looks like a stronger match than your current role, a nearby move worth exploring, or a broader path to compare more seriously.

Top passions

  • Maker: Building and fixing energizes you. You like tangible results and practical tools.
  • Organizer: Bringing order to data and processes satisfies you.
  • Leader: Taking charge and moving ideas forward motivates you.

Common styles

Dependability, Attention to Detail, Integrity, Stress Tolerance, Cautiousness

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Key Abilities

This career demands strong capabilities in the following areas:

Manual Dexterity 3.5/5
Near Vision 3.5/5
Arm-Hand Steadiness 3.25/5
Oral Comprehension 3.12/5
Oral Expression 3.12/5
Problem Sensitivity 3.12/5
Information Ordering 3.12/5
Category Flexibility 3.12/5

Technologies & Tools

Financial accounting software Microsoft Excel Microsoft Office software Microsoft Outlook Microsoft Word Web browser software

Work Environment & Strengths

Common Strengths for This Career

  • Dependability (High importance: 4.43/5)
  • Attention to Detail (High importance: 4.41/5)
  • Integrity (High importance: 4.01/5)
  • Stress Tolerance (High importance: 3.76/5)
  • Cautiousness (High importance: 3.74/5)

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How to Become One

Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful but is usually not required. Training is often provided on the job.

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Also Known As

This career is known by many different job titles across industries. Here are all the variations:

Beef Shoppe Clerk Blockman Butcher Butcher Block Clerk Cleaver Halal Butcher Hotel and Restaurant Butcher Journeyman Meat Cutter Kosher Butcher Meat Butcher Meat Carver Meat Clerk Meat Counter Clerk Meat Counter Worker Meat Cutter Meat Dresser Meat Loiner Meat Service Team Member Meat Slicer Meat Specialist Meat Team Member Meat Wrapper Meatcutter Meatman Seafood Clerk Seafood Counter Clerk Seafood Service Team Member Service Meat Clerk Slicer Small Order Cutter

Career Fit FAQs

Is this career a good fit for me

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Can this help if I want to stay in my field

Yes. Many people use career pages like this to compare nearby roles in the same field and see whether they need a full switch or a better-fit version of the work they already know.

What should I compare first

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