Skilled Meatworker

August 30, 2024

Skilled Jobs Australia

Batchelor

FULL TIME

Based in Batchelor Northern Territory, our client is one of Australia’s leading fully integrated beef, buffalo and camel meat processing company.

We are looking for a number of skilled, qualified, and experienced fulltime boners and slaughter persons for our morning and afternoon shifts.

Skilled Boners/Slicers
The position would involve the following duties:

Operating switching controls to direct and drop carcasses and meat cuts from supply rails to boning tables.
Cutting meat to separate meat, fat and tissue from around bones.
Washing, scraping and trimming foreign material and blood from meat.
Cutting sides and quarters of meat into standard meat cuts, such as rumps, flanks and shoulders, and removing internal fat, blood clots, bruises and other matter to prepare them for packing and marketing.

Skilled Slaughter Persons
The position would involve the following duties:

Operating restrainers, and stunning equipment.
Undertake the kill process and facilitate dressing.
Slitting open, eviscerating, trimming and preparation of animal carcasses for the boning room.

Essential Skills, Experience and Qualifications

Excellent knife skills and maintenance of personal equipment
Attention to detail
Excellent reliability, attendance and timekeeping at work
Good communication and positive teamwork
Sound problem solving capabilities, including reporting malfunctioning of equipment, orworkplace health and safety issues
Ability to manage priorities to meet production schedules
Ability to work within a cold storage environment and with raw meat products
Sound understanding of Australian meat industry
AQF Certificate III in Meat Processing (in Boning Room or Slaughtering streams)
Fully vaccinated for Q Fever (or be willing to undergo the Q Fever vaccination process)
Must complete a Pre-employment medical functional drug and alcohol test
Minimum of 2 years of experience

Remuneration
This is subject to your skills, qualifications and experience but it would be within annualized salary range of between $60,000 - $75,000 per annum + superannuation.
If you feel you have the necessary requirements for these positions please contact us on the link below.

Only successful applicant will be contacted.

We regret to inform you that this job opportunity is no longer available