Skilled Meat Worker
Visa sponsorship
Manufacturing · Sydney, NSW, Australia · Contract · Discussed at interview · Visa: Employer sponsored
Good with a boning knife? Know your way around a slaughter floor? A recruiter is filling Skilled Meat Worker roles at client sites right across Australia, listed from Sydney, NSW: boners, slicers and trimmers, and slaughtermen.
Red meat experience of all kinds counts here, whether beef, veal, lamb, sheep, pork or goat. No vague claims, though. Spell out which species you have worked and which jobs you do competently on your own.
Employer sponsorship may be available for suitable candidates under the applicable Skilled Meat Worker arrangements, including subclass 482 pathways where relevant. That depends on the employer's requirements, a skills assessment and your own visa eligibility.
From Mzansi to an Australian plant, it starts with an English CV that shows your knife skills species by species. Get your meat processing CV ready with Build AI CV.
Key Responsibilities
- Boners take carcasses and quarters apart on their own and remove bones accurately
- Boners turn out commercial beef/veal, lamb/sheep and pork cuts with yield and quality kept up
- Slicers and trimmers work product to customer and production specifications
- Slicers and trimmers cut out excess fat, gristle and unwanted material, keep waste down and hold quality steady
- Slaughtermen handle species-specific slaughter floor work: stunning and shackling where authorised, sticking and bleeding, hide removal or skinning, carcass dressing and evisceration
- Everyone follows safe food handling practices
Requirements & Eligibility
- Experience as a commercial meat worker, with practical skills for the role
- Strong knife skills, accurate bone removal and trimming ability if you are applying as a boner
- Able to show your species experience, cuts and duties
- Q Fever vaccination or immunity evidence where required for the role
- A verifiable employment history and references where available, along with qualifications and skills assessments if available
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Visa guide: Skills in Demand (482) Visa Guide for South Africans