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Meat, Poultry and Seafood Process Workers

ANZSCO 8313

Employed

14,600

Part-time share

14%

Female share

31%

Median weekly earnings

$1,244

Median age

39 yrs

Employment outlook

Stable

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia · ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing.

About this career

Meat, Poultry and Seafood Process Workers slaughter and eviscerate poultry, and process, grade and package meat, poultry, fish and shellfish.

What they typically do

  • Processing offal and tripe
  • Moving carcasses to chillers and freezers
  • Loading meat products into trucks
  • Packing boned and sliced meat into cartons
  • Stunning and shackling poultry for killing and processing
  • Severing jugular veins of poultry, and removing viscera and residual material from poultry carcasses
  • Separating organs and glands, such as sweetbreads, livers, hearts and spleens, from poultry carcasses
  • Inspecting and grading poultry, fish and shellfish for size and quality
  • Packing fish and counting packs before freezing, and packing frozen fish blocks into cartons
  • Operating machines which slice, peel, skin and crumb fish
  • Cleaning and sanitising equipment and work areas

States and territories

Share of workers by location

QLD
25.5%
NSW
23.5%
VIC
22.3%
SA
13.8%
WA
9.6%
TAS
3.8%
NT
0.7%
ACT
0.7%

Qualification pathways

These accredited qualifications can lead to a career as a Meat, Poultry and Seafood Process Workers.