Slaughterers and Meat Packers

People in this career often know a lot about:

• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Food Production - Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.

People in this career often have talent in:

• 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.
• Finger Dexterity - The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.

People in this career often do these activities:

• Cut meat products.
• Slaughter animals.
• Process animal carcasses.
• Clean materials to prepare them for production.
• Prepare meat products for sale or consumption.

• Helpers--Production Workers

• Food Preparation Workers

• Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers

• Dishwashers

• Food Servers, Nonrestaurant

• Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners

• Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

• Cooks, Fast Food

• Cooks, Restaurant

• Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials