Career pathway
Meat Boners and Slicers, and Slaughterers
ANZSCO 8312
Employed
7,500
Part-time share
5%
Female share
23%
Median weekly earnings
$1,627
Median age
38 yrs
Employment outlook
Growing
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia · ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing.
About this career
Meat Boners and Slicers, and Slaughterers trim and cut meat from bones, sides and carcasses, and slaughter livestock in abattoirs.
What they typically do
- 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
States and territories
Share of workers by location
QLD
41%
VIC
28.6%
WA
13.4%
SA
6.6%
NSW
4.2%
TAS
3.5%
NT
1.4%
ACT
1.4%
Qualification pathways
These accredited qualifications can lead to a career as a Meat Boners and Slicers, and Slaughterers.
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Certificate III in Meat Processing (Boning Room)
AMP30116 · AQF 3 · 27 providers
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Certificate III in Meat Processing (Slaughtering)
AMP30516 · AQF 3 · 29 providers
