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Butchers and Meat Cutters

$36.93K Median Salary 15.4K Job Openings (Annual Projection) -5.4% Job Growth

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Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Manual Dexterity
Near Vision
Arm-Hand Steadiness
Category Flexibility
Control Precision
Information Ordering
Oral Comprehension
Oral Expression
Problem Sensitivity
Finger Dexterity
Selective Attention
Speech Clarity
Speech Recognition
Trunk Strength
Visual Color Discrimination

Knowledge

Customer and Personal Service
Food Production
Production and Processing
Sales and Marketing

Skills

Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Monitoring
Reading Comprehension
Service Orientation
Social Perceptiveness
Speaking
Time Management

Technology Skills

Spreadsheet software
Electronic mail software
Accounting software
Office suite software
Word processing software
Internet browser software

Tools

Commercial use cutlery
Power saws
Meat tyer or bagger
Forming machine
Shaft collar
Chopping machinery
Commercial use food grinders
Baling press
Commercial use food warmers
Filling machinery
Commercial use blenders
Dicing machinery
Smoking machinery
Wrapping machinery
Commercial use scales
Air dryers
Hoists
Acoustic ear muffs or defenders
Belt conveyors
Commercial use rotisseries
Commercial use food choppers or cubers or dicers
Metal detectors
Packaging vacuum
Handheld thermometer
Commercial use dough machines
Butcher scissors
Cutting machinery
Label making machines
Pallet trucks
Dehydrating machinery
Ear plugs
Commercial use food slicers
Blast freezers
Fat extractors
Saws
Sharpening stones or tools or kits
Power staple guns
Personal computers