Butchers/Meat Cutters

Individuals employed in grocery stores, wholesale establishments that supply meat to restaurants and institutional food service facilities who separate wholesale cuts of meat into retail cuts or individual size servings. They cut meat into steaks and chops, shape and tie roasts, and grind beef for sale as chopped meat. Boneless cuts are prepared using knives, slicers, or power cutters, while bandsaws are required to carve bone-in pieces. Butchers and meat cutters in retail food stores may also weigh, wrap and label the cuts of meat, arrange them in refrigerated cases for display, and prepare special cuts of meat to fill unique orders.