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Education: Other trades certificate or diploma. or equivalent experience. Work site environment: Odours. Cold/refrigerated. Work setting: Butcher shop. Supermarket and meat department. Meat processing and/or packing plant/establishment. Slaughter houses. Tasks: Clean meats to prepare for processing or cutting. Cut carcasses, sides and quarters. Prepare special cuts of meat ordered by customers. Cut, trim and prepare standard cuts of meat. Wrap and package prepared meats. Remove bones from meat. Weigh meats for sale. Cut poultry into parts. Remove feathers and singe and wash poultry to prepare for further processing or packaging. Cut beef, lamb, pork or veal carcasses or sides or quarters of carcasses into primal cuts for further cutting, processing or packaging. Cut meat and poultry into specific cuts for institutional, commercial or other wholesale use. Equipment and machinery experience: Band saw. Slicing machine. Power cutting tools. Knives. Work conditions and physical capabilities: Standing for extended periods. Physically demanding. Handling heavy loads. Hand-eye co-ordination. Repetitive tasks. Manual dexterity. Experience: 1 to less than 7 months.