Butchers and Meat Cutters

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Butchers and meat cutters break down large cuts into steaks, roasts and chops for grocery stores and butcher shops, and help customers choose. Meat, poultry and fish trimmers work on processing lines. Slaughterers and meat packers work in plants where animals become food. The work uses sharp knives and saws, in cold rooms, often standing all day, and food safety rules are strict.

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• Foods and Culinary · Career and Technical

  Builds growing food and raising animals, which this job uses.

• Physical Education · Health and PE

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• Pre-Algebra · Math

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• English 10 · English

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