// Unit group · 7511

Butchers, Fishmongers and Related Food Preparers

Butchers, fishmongers and related food preparers slaughter animals, clean, cut and dress meat and fish, remove bones and prepare related food items, or preserve meat, fish and other foods and food products by drying, salting or smoking.

7 Craft and Related Trades Workers / 75 Food Processing, Woodworking, Garment and Other Craft and Related Trades Workers / 751 Food Processing and Related Trades Workers / All level 4

// Working conditions

BiologicalHeat and coldLifting and postureMachinery

// Hand tools

  1. 1General Hand Tool Operation

slaughtering animals

flaying and trimming carcasses

boning, cutting and dressing meat and fish for sale or further processing

preparing ingredients and making sausages and similar products using chopping, mixing and shaping machines

curing meat, fish and other foods

operating smokehouses or ovens to smoke meat, fish and other foodstuffs

cooking or in other ways preparing meat, fish and related food items for sale

selling meat or fish to customers, including wrapping, weighing and labelling products, and receiving payment.

Included occupations

Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Butcher
- Fish filleter
- Fishmonger
- Slaughterer

Excluded occupations

Some related occupations classified elsewhere:
- Shop keeper - 5221
- Meat processing machine operator - 8160
- Fish processing machine operator - 8160

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