Meat Trimmers Job Description

The Meat Trimmer uses hand tools to perform routine cutting and trimming of meat, poultry, and fish.

Duties

The Meat Trimmer uses knives, cleavers, meat saws, band saws, or other equipment to perform meat cutting and trimming. The Meat Trimmer cleans trims, slices, and sections carcasses for future processing. The Meat Trimmer cuts and trims meat to prepare for packing. The Meat Trimmer removes parts, such as skin, feathers, scales or bones, from carcass.  The Meat Trimmer inspects meat products for defects, bruises or blemishes and removes them along with any excess fat. The Meat Trimmer produces hamburger meat and meat trimmings. The Meat Trimmer processes primal parts into cuts that are ready for retail use.  The Meat Trimmer obtains and distributes specified meat or carcass. The Meat Trimmer separates meats and byproducts into specified containers and seal containers.  The Meat Trimmer weighs meats and tags containers for weight and contents.

The Meat Trimmer needs knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. The Meat Trimmer needs knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products both plant and animal for consumption, including storage techniques.

Abilities

• The Meat Trimmer needs 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.
• The Meat Trimmer needs the ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
• The Meat Trimmer needs the ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
• The Meat Trimmer needs the ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• The Meat Trimmer needs the ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• The Meat Trimmer needs the ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
• The Meat Trimmer needs the ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations.
• The Meat Trimmer to see details at close range within a few feet of the observer.
• The Meat Trimmer needs the ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• The Meat Trimmer needs the ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.

Job Requirements

The Meat Trimmer is required to be reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. The Meat Trimmer is required to be careful about detail and through in completing work tasks.  The Meat Trimmer is required to be sensitive to others’ needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.  The Meat Trimmer job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. The Meat Trimmer job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. The Meat Trimmers job requires being open to change positive or negative and to considerable variety in the workplace.  The Meat Trimmer job requires being honest and ethical. The Meat Trimmer job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations. The Meat Trimmer job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. The Meat Trimmer job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.

Knowledge

The Meat Trimmer needs knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. The Meat Trimmer needs knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food productions both plant and animal for consumption, including storage techniques.

Skills

The Meat Trimmer needs t be able to give 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. The Meat Trimmer needs the skill to manage their time in order to get the work assignment done in an appropriate amount of time.