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O*NET-SOC 51-3023.00

Slaughterers and Meat Packers

Perform nonroutine or precision functions involving the preparation of large portions of meat. Work may include specialized slaughtering tasks, cutting standard or premium cuts of meat for marketing, making sausage, or wrapping meats. Work typically occurs in slaughtering, meat packing, or wholesale establishments.

From O*NET 30.3

Tasks

From O*NET 30.3, by importance, as O*NET OnLine lists them

Free · O*NET 30.3
  1. Remove bones, and cut meat into standard cuts in preparation for marketing.Supplemental13986
  2. Sever jugular veins to drain blood and facilitate slaughtering.Supplemental13991
  3. Tend assembly lines, performing a few of the many cuts needed to process a carcass.Supplemental13990
  4. Shackle hind legs of animals to raise them for slaughtering or skinning.Supplemental13994
  5. Slit open, eviscerate, and trim carcasses of slaughtered animals.Supplemental13989
  6. Stun animals prior to slaughtering.Supplemental13999
  7. Skin sections of animals or whole animals.Supplemental13995
  8. Cut, trim, skin, sort, and wash viscera of slaughtered animals to separate edible portions from offal.Supplemental13987
  9. Shave or singe and defeather carcasses, and wash them in preparation for further processing or packaging.Supplemental13992
  10. Saw, split, or scribe carcasses into smaller portions to facilitate handling.Supplemental13997
  11. Trim head meat, and sever or remove parts of animals' heads or skulls.Supplemental13996
  12. Grind meat into hamburger, and into trimmings used to prepare sausages, luncheon meats, and other meat products.Supplemental13998
  13. Trim, clean, or cure animal hides.Supplemental13993
  14. Wrap dressed carcasses or meat cuts.Supplemental14000

Technology Skills

From O*NET 30.3, 8 examples in 5 categories, 2 Hot Technology

Free · O*NET 30.3

Accounting software

  • AccountMate Software AccountMate

Inventory management software

  • AgInfoLink Meat Inventory Tracking System MITS
  • RFID software
  • Traceability software

Enterprise resource planning ERP software

  • Integrated Management Systems Food Connex Cloud
  • Second Foundation NaviMeat

Spreadsheet software

  • Microsoft ExcelHot Technology

Office suite software

  • Microsoft Office softwareHot Technology

Detailed Work Activities

From O*NET 30.3, under their work activities; open one for the AI skills Workforce Automation maps to it

Free · O*NET 30.3

Performing General Physical Activities

  • Clean materials to prepare them for production.
    WFA · Part of the paid plan when accounts open

    WFA (Workforce Automation) analysis: 0 of 0 AI skills mapped to this activity, by automation level

    • No tools yet
    • Not mapped yet

Handling and Moving Objects

  • Slaughter animals.
    WFA · Part of the paid plan when accounts open

    WFA (Workforce Automation) analysis: 0 of 0 AI skills mapped to this activity, by automation level

    • No tools yet
    • Not mapped yet
  • Process animal carcasses.
    WFA · Part of the paid plan when accounts open

    WFA (Workforce Automation) analysis: 0 of 0 AI skills mapped to this activity, by automation level

    • No tools yet
    • Not mapped yet
  • Cut meat products.
    WFA · Part of the paid plan when accounts open

    WFA (Workforce Automation) analysis: 0 of 0 AI skills mapped to this activity, by automation level

    • No tools yet
    • Not mapped yet
  • Prepare meat products for sale or consumption.
    WFA · Part of the paid plan when accounts open

    WFA (Workforce Automation) analysis: 0 of 0 AI skills mapped to this activity, by automation level

    • No tools yet
    • Not mapped yet

Job Zone

From O*NET 30.3

Free · O*NET 30.3

Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed

Workforce Automation analysis, not part of the source

WFA coverage: AI skills for this job

WFA · Part of the paid plan when accounts open

Pilot mapping: these skill links come from our seed list and haven’t been reviewed yet. Expect them to change as each one is checked.

DWAs covered by an AI skill0 of 5
Distinct tools0
Level mix
  • No tools yet

Equivalents

NICE work roles, with their DCWF equivalents

Mapped to this job by the ETO-CSET NICE/O*NET crosswalk (2024); roles from NICE Framework Components v2.2.0, DCWF equivalents from DoD DCWF Tool v5.3 (2026-09-25)

Free · NICE Framework Components v2.2.0 and DoD DCWF Tool v5.3 (2026-09-25)

No NICE work role maps to this job.