Meat Cutter | Saskatchewan Apprenticeship and Trade Certification Commission

Processor Endorsement
Slaughter Endorsement

The Meat Cutter trade includes carcass breaking, primal cuts, sub-primal cuts, counter-ready cuts, packaging and labelling, and the merchandizing of meat, poultry and sometimes seafood.

What do Meat Cutters do on the job?

Inspecting beef, breaking carcasses into various cuts.
Packaging, labelling and merchandizing beef products for retail.
Inspecting and cutting pork into segments.
Packaging, labelling and merchandizing pork for retail.
Inspecting, grading and processing poultry.
Packaging, labelling and merchandizing poultry products.
Packaging, labelling and merchandizing seafood.

Endorsements

Work under the Slaughtering endorsement involves immobilizing, bleeding, preparing and eviscerating animals. The Processing endorsement involves processing raw meat and poultry into consumer products, for example sausages, by using techniques such as smoking, curing, cooking, flavouring and merchandising.

For further details about this occupation, please see the High School to Apprenticeship - A Link to the Future handbook. It can be found on this website under “Publications” or by clicking on http://www.saskapprenticeship.ca/PUBLICATION/High_School_Handbook/

Meat Cutter & Sub-Trade

Trade Information.pdf
A Guide to Course Content.pdf
On-the-Job Training Guide.pdf
Provincial Journeyperson Examination Information.pdf
Provincial Occupational Analysis.pdf
Cluster 12 Entrance Assessment.pdf
Form 6A Verification of Trade Experience.pdf

Slaughterer

Endorsement Examination Information.pdf
Cluster 12 Entrance Assessment.pdf
Form 6A Verification of Trade Experience.pdf

Processor

Endorsement Examination Information.pdf
Cluster 12 Entrance Assessment.pdf
Form 6A Verification of Trade Experience.pdf