Meat Cutter Butcher

Cut and prepare meat, poultry, fish, and shellfish using precise trimming and shaping skills. Support customers through custom orders and product advice.

This Butcher position focuses on producing standard and custom cuts across meat, poultry, fish, and shellfish. Responsibilities include packaging, pricing, merchandising, customer service, inventory control, and freshness monitoring. The work also requires food safety knowledge, equipment maintenance, and guidance for junior meat cutters, clerks, or apprentices.

• Cut, trim, bone, and shape standard or custom products
• Wrap, weigh, price, and arrange meat products
• Serve customers and fulfill custom orders
• Manage stock, freshness, sales, and product rotation
• Direct or train junior meat staff

• Knowledge of CFIA food safety guidelines
• Understanding of HACCP standards and protocols
• Ability to use saws, grinders, slicers, and utensils
• Ability to maintain meat processing tools
• Ability to advise customers on selection or cooking

Apply your cutting, food safety, equipment, and customer service skills across diverse meat department responsibilities.