CompGeo Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers, Hand Salary Survey Benchmark Job Description and Competencies - Travel/Entrtnmt/Lodging/Restaurant Occupation Group

CompGeo Occupation Group: Travel/Entrtnmt/Lodging/Restaurant

Job Family: Food Service

Benchmark Title: Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers, Hand

Summary Job Description

Tasks

Use hand or hand tools to perform routine cutting and trimming of meat, poultry, and seafood.

Use knives, cleavers, meat saws, bandsaws, or other equipment to perform meat cutting and trimming.

Clean, trim, slice, and section carcasses for future processing.

Cut and trim meat to prepare for packing.

Remove parts, such as skin, feathers, scales or bones, from carcass.

Inspect meat products for defects, bruises or blemishes and remove them along with any excess fat.

Produce hamburger meat and meat trimmings.

Process primal parts into cuts that are ready for retail use.

Obtain and distribute specified meat or carcass.

Separate meats and byproducts into specified containers and seal containers.

Weigh meats and tag containers for weight and contents.

Clean and salt hides.

Prepare sausages, luncheon meats, hot dogs, and other fabricated meat products, using meat trimmings and hamburger meat.

Prepare ready-to-heat foods by filleting meat or fish or cutting it into bite-sized pieces, preparing and adding vegetables or applying sauces or breading.

CompGeo Occupation Group: Travel/Entrtnmt/Lodging/Restaurant

Job Family: Food Service

Benchmark Title: Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers, Hand

Important Knowledge Competencies

Competency Description

Production and Processing

Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

Food Production

Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.

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.

CompGeo Occupation Group: Travel/Entrtnmt/Lodging/Restaurant

Job Family: Food Service

Benchmark Title: Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers, Hand

Important Skill Competencies

Competency Description

Active Listening

Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Speaking

Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Critical Thinking

Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Monitoring

Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

Coordination

Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

Social Perceptiveness

Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

Time Management

Managing one's own time and the time of others.

CompGeo Occupation Group: Travel/Entrtnmt/Lodging/Restaurant

Job Family: Food Service

Benchmark Title: Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers, Hand

Important Ability Competencies

Competency Description

Problem Sensitivity

The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

Oral Comprehension

The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

Oral Expression

The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

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.

Manual Dexterity

The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.

Information Ordering

The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

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.

Near Vision

The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

Speech Recognition

The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.

Speech Clarity

The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.

Deductive Reasoning

The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

Category Flexibility

The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.

Selective Attention

The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.

Control Precision

The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.

Multilimb Coordination

The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.

Rate Control

The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene.

Trunk Strength

The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing.

CompGeo Occupation Group: Travel/Entrtnmt/Lodging/Restaurant

Job Family: Food Service

Benchmark Title: Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers, Hand

Prerequisite Qualification Category

Education and Experience Level

Required Level of Education

Less than a High School Diploma

Related Work Experience

None

On-Site or In-Plant Training

Up to and including 1 month

On-the-Job Training

Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months

Required Level of Education

High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate)

CompGeo Occupation Group: Travel/Entrtnmt/Lodging/Restaurant

Job Family: Food Service

Benchmark Title: Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers, Hand

Alternate Job Title(s)

Abalone Processor

Animal Eviscerator

Animal Skinner

Animal Sticker

Bacon Skin Lifter

Bacon Skinner

Bacon Slicer

Bacon de-Rinder

Beef Boner

Beef Breaker

Beef Skinner

Bladder Blower

Bladder Cleaner

Bladder Tier

Blowing Weasand

Boner

Boston Cutter

Breast Puller

Breast Splitter

Breast Trimmer

Brisket Puller

Bruise Trimmer

Bung Dropper

Butcher

Calf Skinner

Carcass Splitter

Casing Splitter

Cattle Knocker

Caul Dresser

Caul Puller

Chicken Boner

Chicken Dresser

Chuck Splitter

Clean Up Crew Worker

Clod Puller

Crab Backer

Crab Butcher

Crab Meat Processor

Crop Puller

Crotch Breaker

Cutter

Cutter Off

Deboner

Draw Off Worker

Eviscerator

Fatter

Fell Cutter

Filleter

Final Dressing Cutter

Fish Butcher

Fish Cleaner

Fish Cutter

Fish Cutting Machine Operator

Fish Filleter

Fish Flipper

Fish Header

Fish Roe Processor

Frozen Meat Cutter

Gamb Cutter

Gambreler

Gang Knife Fish Chopper

General Production Laborer

Gizzard Peeler

Gizzard Puller

Gullet Slitter

Gut Cleaner

Gut Dropper

Gut Puller

Gut Snatcher

Gutter

Ham Boner

Ham Facer

Ham Sawyer

Ham Stripper

Ham Trimmer

Hand Slitter

Head Holder

Head Trimmer

Header

Hide Dropper

Hide Trimmer

Hog Cutter

Hog Dropper

Hog Scalder

Jaw Skinner

Jawbone Puller

Kidney Puller

Kidney Trimmer

Knifeman

Leg Breaker

Loin Puller

Lung Gun Operator

Lung Puller

Meat Boner

Meat Cutter

Meat Department Manager

Meat Market Manager

Meat Trimmer

Meatcutter

Offal Separator

Offal Worker

Oyster Opener

Oyster Shucker

Paunch Trimmer

Pluck Separator

Pluck Trimmer

Pork Cutlet Maker

Poultry Boner

Poultry Cutter

Poultry Dresser

Poultry Eviscerator

Poultry Killer

Poultry Processor

Poultry Trimmer

Poultryman

Retrimmer

Rib Chopper

Rib Puller

Rib Sawyer

Rip Sawyer

Round Boner

Rumper

Sausage Cutter

Sausage Meat Trimmer

Seafood Processor

Shank Skinner

Shrimp Cleaner

Shrimp Header

Shrimp Peeler

Shrimp Picker

Sider

Skewer Up

Skinner

Skirt Trimmer

Skull Chopper

Skull Splitter

Snout Puller

Soup Person

Squilgeer

Sweetbread Trimmer

Tail Puller

Tail Ripper

Tail Sawyer

Toe Puller

Tongue Trimmer

Tonguer

Trimmer

Tripe Finisher

Tripe Scraper

Turkey Boner

Turkey Roll Maker

Weasand Trimmer

Wing Scorer

CompGeo Occupation Group: Travel/Entrtnmt/Lodging/Restaurant

Job Family: Food Service

Benchmark Title: Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers, Hand

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