Manufacturing and utilities
Slaughterhouse butcher
$23.00 to $26.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
Pay is about the local median for this work ($25.00 an hour; Job Bank, 2023–2024)
What the posting asks for
- 7 months to 1 year's experience
- No diploma needed
- English
From the posting's details in Job Bank's open data. The full ad is on Job Bank.
Hours and terms
- 40 hours a week
- Shifts: early mornings, mornings
- Full time, Permanent employment
- In person
Usually needed for this kind of work
- Completion of secondary school may be required.
- On-the-job training is provided for industrial butchers, meat cutters and poultry preparers.
From Canada's occupation guide (OaSIS) for Industrial butchers (NOC 94141). It describes this kind of work in general, not this employer's ad.
What this work usually involves
- Slaughter livestock using stunning devices and knives
- Skin, clean and trim carcasses
- Remove viscera and other inedible parts from carcasses
- Split carcasses into smaller portions to facilitate handling
- May slaughter cattle, calves and sheep as prescribed by religious laws.
About the employer
- Industry: Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
- Region: Lower Mainland–Southwest Region
Job Bank's search for this title and town usually shows this ad first.
From Job Bank.