Butchers, fishmongers and related food preparers slaughter animals, clean, cut and dress meat and fish, remove bones and prepare related food items or preserve meat, fish and other foods and food products by drying, salting or smoking.
Skill level:
Semi-skilled
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- Salary range for the majority of workers in Butchers, fishmongers and related food preparers - from $1,457 to $3,193 per month - 2024.
- A Butchers, fishmongers and related food preparers typically earns between $1,457 and $2,437 gross per month at the start of the job.
- After 5 years of service, this is between $1,481 and $2,532 per month for a working week of 40 hours.
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Tasks and duties
- Slaughtering animals
- Flaying and trimming carcasses
- Boning, cutting and dressing meat and fish for sale or further processing
- Preparing ingredients and making sausages and similar products using chopping, mixing and shaping machines
- Curing meat, fish and other foods
- Operating smokehouses or ovens to smoke meat, fish and other foodstuffs
- Cooking or in other ways preparing meat, fish and related food items for sale
- Selling meat or fish to customers, including wrapping, weighing and labelling products, and receiving payment
