Job Description:

• 1) Stores and prepares dressed meat for further processing or shipment, performing any combination of tasks in cooler room of slaughtering plant: Examines carcasses to determine condition of meat, such as hardness, softness, and oiliness prior to cutting.

• 2) Records information on inspection tag.

• 3) Weighs carcass on conveyor scale and records weight on production sheet.

• 4) Trims excess fat from meat, using knife.

• 5) Cuts carcasses into quarters, using knife and meat saw.

• 6) Stamps predetermined grade on meat, using rubber stamp, and attaches date tags.

• 7) Brands carcasses and meat products with electric iron.

• 8) Pushes carcasses, or meat cuts, suspended from conveyor, from killing and dressing floor to cooler room or between departments.

• 9) Separates cuts of meat according to weight, and grade.

• 10) Pushes truck, filled with pieces of meat, glands, and organs, into cooling room and places them in pans or hangs them on racks.

• 11) Transports containers of tallow to cooler room and other departments, using handtruck.

• 12) Carries meat from shipping platform and loads it into delivery truck.

• 13) Places trolleys on conveyor rails, and cleans and greases rails.

• 14) Washes floor and containers with hose and shovels fresh sawdust onto floor.

• 15) May shroud carcasses.