Butcher

About This Role

Working as a Butcher involves receiving, inspecting, preparing, cutting, trimming, portioning, displaying, and packaging meat, poultry, and seafood for retail sale. The role requires strong butchery skills, excellent hygiene standards, and the ability to serve customers from different cultural backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, cut, trim, debone, mince, and portion meat, poultry, and seafood for sale
• Serve customers, answer questions, give advice, take orders, and receive payments
• Check the quality, freshness, and temperature of all meat deliveries
• Weigh, package, label, price, and display products correctly
• Keep tools, equipment, counters, and work areas clean and hygienic
• Monitor stock, rotate products, reduce waste, and follow all food-safety procedures

Requirements

• Proven experience working as a Butcher or in a closely related meat preparation role
• Good understanding of food hygiene, health and safety standards, and proper meat storage procedures
• Excellent knife skills and the ability to prepare different cuts
• Good communication and interpersonal skills to assist customers and work effectively with staff and management