Processes carcasses of slaughtered livestock and prepares meat and meat products.

• Processes meat, offal and tripe; moves carcasses to chillers and freezers; loads meat products into trucks; packs boned and sliced meat into cartons; cleans and sanitises equipment and work areas.

• Works indoors in factory environments.
• Work areas are likely to be noisy, cold, hot, slippery, wet and bloody.
• Protective clothing and hairnets will be worn as appropriate.
• May work shifts.

• Medium physical demand
• Stands to operate specialised processing machinery or at wrapping machines and conveyor belts.
• Frequently walks about the work area to ensure correct operation of machinery and quality of end product.
• Stretches up or across occasionally to pick up goods, make adjustments to machinery controls and when packing goods.
• Squatting, crouching or kneeling movements may be required when inspecting machinery and final products.
• Bends occasionally if required over production machinery or to lift packages or containers.
• Twisting of the body or neck may be required according to the demands of the specific position.
• Substantial contact with water may be required as part of processing and cleaning operations in many factories. Protective clothing is worn.
• Lifting or carrying is frequent due to the transfer of meat from the meat works floor to the freezers or chillers or other storage areas.
• Repetitive hand and arm movements will be necessary for many positions where packing, scraping, trimming, filleting or slicing is required.
• Driving is not required for most positions of this type.
• Uses hand-held and operated equipment and machinery which may include knives for cutting and trimming, operation of freezing equipment, dehydrating and freeze-drying equipment, working with conveyor belts and with storage and packaging materials, as well as the use of weighing or cleaning equipment.
• Mental skills necessary include food hygiene knowledge, knife-handling, sorting and weighing skills, plus practical and technical skills.

• Nil (ANZSCO Skill Level 5).

• There are opportunities for flexibility of movement but they are limited.