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This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Butchers, meat cutters and fishmongers in this unit group perform some or all of the following duties:

• • Cut, trim, and otherwise prepare standard cuts of meat, poultry, fish and shellfish for sale at self-serve counters or according to customers' orders
  • Grind meats and slice cooked meats using powered grinders and slicing machines
  • Prepare special displays of meat, poultry, fish and shellfish
  • Shape, lace and tie roasts and other meats, poultry or fish and may wrap prepared meats, poultry, fish and shellfish
  • Manage inventory, keep records of sales and determine amount, product line and freshness of products according to company and customer requirements
  • Ensure food storage conditions are adequate
  • May supervise other butchers, or meat cutters or fishmongers.

• Completion of secondary school may be required.
• Completion of a college or other meat-and-fish-cutting training program, or a three-year meat cutting apprenticeship may be required.
• On-the-job training in food stores is usually provided for retail butchers, meat cutters and fishmongers.
• Trade certification is available, but voluntary, in Quebec and British Columbia.

• Industrial Butchers and Meat Cutters, Poultry Preparers and Related Workers (9462)
• Fish cutters (in 9463 Fish Plant Workers)
• Seafood sales clerks (in 6421 Retail Salespersons and Sales Clerks)