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Industrial Butchers and Meat Cutters, Poultry Preparers and Related Workers (NOC 9462)

Montérégie Region

Additional information on Description, Titles, Duties and Related Occupations

Description | Titles | Duties | Related Occupations

Workers in this unit group prepare meat and poultry for further processing, for packaging or for marketing. They are employed in meat and poultry slaughtering, processing and packing establishments.

Included Job Titles

beef boner, ham cutter, industrial butcher, industrial meat cutter, meat trimmer, poultry preparer, slaughterer.

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Job Duties

The following is a summary of main duties for some occupations in this unit group:

Industrial butchers slaughter livestock using stunning devices and knives; skin, clean and trim carcasses; remove viscera and other inedible parts from carcasses; split carcasses into smaller portions to facilitate handling; and may slaughter cattle, calves and sheep as prescribed by religious laws.
Industrial meat cutters cut beef, lamb, pork or veal carcasses or sides or quarters of carcasses into primal cuts for further cutting, processing or packaging; remove bones from meat; and cut meat and poultry into specific cuts for institutional, commercial or other wholesale use.
Poultry preparers slaughter poultry and remove inedible parts; remove feathers and singe and wash poultry to prepare for further processing or packaging.
Trimmers remove skin, excess fat, bruises or other blemishes from carcasses or meat portions.

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Additional information on included Cities in Region and Service Canada Offices

Included Cities in Region | Service Canada Offices

Included Cities in this region

Longueuil, Beloeil, Contrecoeur, Granby, Huntingdon, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Otterburn Park, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Acton Vale, Bedford, Cowansville, Farnham, Iberville, L'Île-Perrot, Marieville, Pincourt, Richelieu, Saint-Césaire, Sainte-Julie, Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel, Saint-Luc, Saint-Rémi, Saint-Timothée, Sorel, Tracy, Waterloo, McMasterville, Nitro, Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, Val-Boisé

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Outlook & Prospects for Industrial Butchers and Meat Cutters, Poultry Preparers and Related Workers in Montérégie Region

The future forecast and current conditions for an occupation can vary based on location or due to changes in the economy, technology, or demand for a product or service.

Local Employment Potential Information

Table on the employment potential for **Industrial Butchers and Meat Cutters, Poultry Preparers and Related Workers** in **Montérégie Region** as well as in the rest of the **Québec**.
Location	Employment Potential	Release Date
Montérégie Region		2012-10-30

For the 2012 - 2014 period, job opportunities in the Monteregie region are expected to be fair for this occupation. Employment levels are quite high in this occupational group, and labour demand will be moderate. More than two thirds of job opportunities will stem from positions becoming available as members of this occupation retire. Others will be the result of job creation.

Meat and poultry processers are the main employers. The region once had many jobs in the pork processing industry, which is strongly export-oriented. The rising value of the Canadian dollar beginning in 2003, coupled with the crisis in the pork industry, forced businesses to cut production costs in order to remain competitive. This led to numerous layoffs in Montérégie from 2004 to 2007, thus reducing the available labour pool. However, the poultry industry, which sells its products on the Canadian market, has experienced relatively stable employment levels in the last few years. Finally, a fairly high labour turnover rate in this occupational group may create additional job opportunities.

[ Source: Labour Market Information - HRSDC ]