Butcher apprentice

Lake Lenore Meats
Lake Lenore, SK
Posted 10 days ago
Job Details:
$17.00 / hour
Full-time
Entry Level

  • Work Term: Permanent
  • Work Language: English
  • Hours: 35 to 40 hours per week
  • Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  • Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
Work site environment
  • Odours
  • Cold/refrigerated
Work setting
  • Butcher shop
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
  • Grind meats
  • Slice cooked meats
Equipment and machinery experience
  • Manual cutting utensil
  • Slicing machine
Work conditions and physical capabilities
  • Work under pressure
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Attention to detail
  • Physically demanding
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
Personal suitability
  • Accurate
  • Dependability
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Flexibility
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player
Screening questions
  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
  • Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
  • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
Support for persons with disabilities
  • Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for persons with disabilities
Support for newcomers and refugees
  • Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees
Support for youths
  • Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth
Support for Veterans
  • Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Veterans
Support for Indigenous people
  • Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers
Support for mature workers
  • Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers
Supports for visible minorities
  • Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)

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