Skilled Meat Worker
Visa sponsorship
Manufacturing · Sydney, NSW, Australia · Contract · Discussed at interview · Visa: Employer sponsored
A recruiter wants experienced meat processing professionals for several client sites around Australia, in three kinds of work: boning, slicing and trimming, and slaughter-floor roles. Skilled workers who know pork, goat, beef, veal, lamb/sheep or other red meat processing are welcome, and applicants should say clearly which species they have worked with and which tasks they can do competently and independently.
For suitable candidates, employer sponsorship may be available under applicable Skilled Meat Worker arrangements, including subclass 482 pathways where relevant. It depends on employer requirements, skills assessment and individual visa eligibility, and it is not assured.
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Key Responsibilities
- Boning: work through whole carcasses and quarters alone, taking bones out cleanly and cutting beef/veal, lamb/sheep and pork into commercial cuts without losing yield or quality
- Slicing and trimming: cut meat to what the customer and the production plan ask for, taking off surplus fat, gristle and other unwanted material while keeping waste low and quality even
- Slaughter floor: handle each species by its own procedure, from stunning and shackling where authorised to sticking, bleeding, skinning or hide removal, dressing and evisceration; keep to safe food handling
Requirements & Eligibility
- Time spent working commercially in meat processing, with practical skills for the role
- Good knife skills; for boners, accurate boning and trimming
- Can describe which species, cuts and duties you have handled
- Employment history and references that can be verified, where available
- Q Fever vaccination or evidence of immunity where required for the role, plus qualifications and skills assessments if you hold them
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