Abattoir Worker

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

Job Titles

Meat Process Worker
Poultry Process Worker
Seafood Process Worker

Tasks

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

More Info

A Year 10 Certificate, Certificate I, or a short period of on-the-job training is sometimes needed, but is not necessary to work in this job. Around one in three workers have Years 11 and 10 as their highest level of education.

VET Course Providers:

New South Wales