Cut, trim, or prepare consumer-sized portions of meat for use or sale in retail establishments.

• Butcher, Meat
• Meat Cutter
• Meat-Cutter Apprentice

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

• attach or mark identification onto products or containers
• collect payment
• cut, trim, or clean meat, or carcasses
• estimate materials or labor requirements
• grind meats, such as beef, pork, poultry or fish
• identify cut or grade of meat
• inspect meat or meat products
• inventory stock to ensure adequate supplies
• load, unload, or stack containers, materials, or products
• maintain production or work records
• measure, weigh, or count products or materials
• monitor worker performance
• negotiate business contracts
• operate food processing production equipment/machinery
• order or purchase supplies, materials, or equipment
• preserve, cure, or cold store meat, poultry or fish
• price merchandise
• requisition stock, materials, supplies or equipment
• retrieve or place goods from/into storage
• use hand or power tools
• use knives
• wrap products