*Mark products, work pieces, or equipment with identifying information.
*Weigh finished products.
*Prepare meat products for sale or consumption.
*Prepare meat products for sale or consumption.
*Prepare special cuts of meat ordered by customers.
*Cut meat products.
*Cut, trim, bone, tie, and grind meats, such as beef, pork, poultry, and fish, to prepare meat in cooking form.
*Prepare meat products for sale or consumption.
*Cut meat products.
*Estimate requirements and order or requisition meat supplies to maintain inventories.
*Estimate material requirements for production.
*Supervise other butchers or meat cutters.
*Receive, inspect, and store meat upon delivery, to ensure meat quality.
*Inspect food products.
*Shape, lace, and tie roasts, using boning knife, skewer, and twine.
*Prepare meat products for sale or consumption.
*Cut meat products.
*Cure, smoke, tenderize and preserve meat.
*Load items into ovens or furnaces.
Key Skills
*Dexterity .Deboners use sharp knives and meat cutting equipment as part of their duties.
*Therefore, they must have good hand control in order to make proper cuts of meat that are the right size.
*Physical stamina. Deboners spend hours on their feet while cutting, packaging, or storing meat.
*Physical strength. Deboners should be strong enough to lift and carry heavy boxes of meat.
*Must pay close attention to what they are doing in order to avoid injury and wasting meat.
