According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Use knives, cleavers, meat saws, bandsaws, or other equipment to perform meat cutting and trimming. | 91% |
| Weigh meats and tag containers for weight and contents. | 89% |
| Process primal parts into cuts that are ready for retail use. | 87% |
| Inspect meat products for defects, bruises or blemishes and remove them along with any excess fat. | 86% |
| Cut and trim meat to prepare for packing. | 85% |
| Separate meats and byproducts into specified containers and seal containers. | 85% |
| Prepare ready-to-heat foods by filleting meat or fish or cutting it into bite-sized pieces, preparing and adding vegetables or applying sauces or breading. | 84% |
| Clean, trim, slice, and section carcasses for future processing. | 84% |
| Remove parts, such as skin, feathers, scales or bones, from carcass. | 82% |
| Prepare sausages, luncheon meats, hot dogs, and other fabricated meat products, using meat trimmings and hamburger meat. | 82% |
| Obtain and distribute specified meat or carcass. | 80% |
| Produce hamburger meat and meat trimmings. | 80% |
| Clean and salt hides. | 77% |
