Occupation Atlasbutcher
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/37c7880e-cfee-4c41-a41b-061682fefde3
butcher
Butchers order, inspect and buy meat to prepare it and sell it as consumable meat products. They perform activities such as cutting, trimming, boning, tying, and grinding beef, pork, and poultry meat. They prepare those mentioned sorts of meat for consumption.
Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RCERealistic · Conventional · Enterprising — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic6.26
- C Conventional3.92
- E Enterprising2.78
- S Social1.89
- A Artistic1.78
- I Investigative1.41
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Butchers and Meat Cutters (51-3021.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (36)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- animal anatomy for food production
- apply GMP
- apply HACCP
- apply preservation treatments
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- consider economic criteria in decision making
- cope with blood
- cultural practices regarding animal parts sorting
- ensure refrigeration of food in the supply chain
- ensure sanitation
- follow an environmental friendly policy while processing food
- follow hygienic procedures during food processing
- food storage
- grind meat
- handle knives for cutting activities
- handle knives for meat processing activities
- legislation about animal origin products
- maintain food specifications
- mark differences in colours
- measure precise food processing operations
- monitor stock level
- monitor temperature in manufacturing process of food and beverages
- operate meat processing equipment
- prepare meat for sale
- prepare specialised meat products
- process customer orders
- process livestock organs
- provide first aid
- split animal carcasses
- tend meat packaging machine
- tend meat processing production machines
- tolerate strong smells
- trace meat products
- warm blooded animal organs
- work in a food processing team
- work in cold environments
Optional (31)
- act reliably
- adapt efficient food processing practices
- analyse characteristics of food products at reception
- care for food aesthetic
- carry out end of day accounts
- control of expenses
- dispose food waste
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production
- execute chilling processes to food products
- food allergies
- handle customer complaints
- handle glassware
- have computer literacy
- identify the factors causing changes in food during storage
- implement marketing strategies
- implement sales strategies
- inspect raw food materials
- keep inventory of goods in production
- liaise with colleagues
- liaise with managers
- lift heavy weights
- manage budgets
- manage challenging work conditions during food processing operations
- negotiate improvement with suppliers
- negotiate terms with suppliers
- operate metal contaminants detector
- operate weighing machine
- produce meat-based jelly preparations
- recruit employees
- select adequate ingredients
- work according to recipe
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 36 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
halal butcher
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25 shared · 1 more of its ownoperate meat processing equipment, grind meat, prepare specialised meat products, tend meat packaging machine
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prepared meat operator
24 shared · 17 more of its ownoperate meat processing equipment, grind meat, prepare specialised meat products, tend meat packaging machine
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meat preparations operator
21 shared · 16 more of its ownoperate meat processing equipment, grind meat, prepare specialised meat products, tend meat packaging machine
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meat cutter
19 shared · 11 more of its ownhandle knives for cutting activities, trace meat products, cultural practices regarding animal parts sorting, split animal carcasses
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slaughterer
16 shared · 21 more of its ownhandle knives for cutting activities, warm blooded animal organs, split animal carcasses, tend meat processing production machines
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kosher slaughterer
14 shared · 17 more of its ownhandle knives for cutting activities, warm blooded animal organs, split animal carcasses, cope with blood
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halal slaughterer
14 shared · 19 more of its ownhandle knives for cutting activities, warm blooded animal organs, split animal carcasses, cope with blood
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