Description
Stuns and kills livestock, and prepares carcasses for further processing by removing internal organs and hides.
Skill Level
4
Alternative Titles
NULL
Specializations
- Stunner and Shackler (Abattoir)
Skills Assessment Authority
Caveats
Group: 8312 Meat Boners and Slicers, and Slaughterers
Description
trim and cut meat from bones, sides and carcasses, and slaughter livestock in abattoirs.
Tasks
- operating switching controls to direct and drop carcasses and meat cuts from supply rails to boning tables
- cutting meat to separate meat, fat and tissue from around bones
- washing, scraping and trimming foreign material and blood from meat
- cutting sides and quarters of meat into standard meat cuts, such as rumps, flanks and shoulders, and removing internal fat, blood clots, bruises and other matter to prepare them for packing and marketing
- operating restrainer and stunning equipment
- severing jugular veins of stunned animals to drain blood and facilitate dressing
- trimming and removing head meat and severing animal heads
- slitting open, eviscerating and trimming animal carcasses
- may slaughter livestock according to procedures required by religious customs
Skill Level
Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications and experience outlined below.