Slaughterer (Skilled Meat Worker)

An exciting opportunity exists at Ararat Abattoirs Pty Ltd as a Skilled Meat Worker. We are seeking passionate and energetic individuals who are committed to providing an effective professional service.

This is an excellent opportunity to join our dynamic and exciting organisation and enjoy the benefits and satisfaction in contributing to the contuinued growth and success of our business, with opportunities for further career development within this organisation.

This is a full time position working dayshift 6.00am - 4.00pm Monday to Thursday with a salary starting at $72,500 per annum with an opportunity to earn additional allowances and/or overtime. Candidates must have a minimum three years experience.

Duties: A Skilled Meat Worker (Code:070499) is responsible for undertaking the following tasks, which include the duties of the ANZSCO occupations Slaughterer and Meat Boner and Sheer:

• Perform general Slaughtering, Boning, Slicing, Sawing duties;
• Stuns and restrains livestock;
• Prepares carcasses for further processing by removing internal organs and hides;
• Operates switching controls to direct and drop carcasses and meat cuts from supply rails to boning tables;
• Cuts meat to separate meat, fat and tissue from around bones;
• Washes, scrapes and trims foreign material and blood from meat;
• Cuts sides and quarters of meat into standard meat cuts such as rumps, flanks and shoulders, and removing internal fat, blood clots, bruises and other matters to prepare them for packing and marketing;
• Operates restrainer and stunning equipment;
• Trims and removes head meat and severs animal heads;
• Slits open, eviscerates and trims animal carcasses; and
• Slaughter livestock according to procedures required by religious customs.