Butchery Apprenticeship

Summary

Fantastic opportunity to learn the art of butchery and gain a recognised qualification. We are a busy traditional shop, working as part of a close team.

Annual wage: £13,312 a year
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Training course: Butcher (level 2)
Hours: Days and hours to be confirmed at interview stage.
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Saturday 23 November
Duration: 1 Year 6 Months
Positions available: 1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

Serve customers on busy counter
Cleaning to safety hygiene standards
Production of sausages and burgers, pies
Making kebabs
Maintaining display counters
Handling of raw meat
Receiving deliveries
Weighing produce and labelling
Cleaning at end of shift, including cleaning of heavy machinery
Answering telephone
Helping to put orders together
General errands, washing dishes, tea making

Where you’ll work

23

Woolton Street

Woolton Village

Liverpool

L25 5NH

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

REASEHEATH COLLEGE

Your training course

Butcher (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents

Comply with regulations and legislation relevant to their role and business.

Able to maintain, sharpen, and use knives and cutting equipment to undertake a range of primary and secondary butchery skills.

Manual handling of carcasses and primal through the manufacturing or butchery process.

Adhere to the organisational policies and standard operating procedures.

Maintain the meat product to the given customer specification and food safety compliance and traceability procedures in the meat supply chain.

Support colleagues in delivering the daily workplace requirements.

Use technology and applications to support production, sales, and customer service.

Contribute to continuous improvement activities which focus on improving sustainability within the business.

Communicate with customers and stakeholders to meet their requirements.

Process and dispose of waste material.

Serve customers in line with brand standards.

Advise customers on the use by dates, storage, preparation, and cooking of meat products.

Prepare, produce, and display meat products such as joints, portions, sausages, burgers, value-added products and offer alternative products when required.

Plan and prepare for seasonal supply and demand of meat products in the merchandising and promotion of seasonal foods.

Provide provenance and heritage product information.

Set up and close meat counter displays.

Balance the customers’ needs with additional linked products and services such as marinades, and encourage customer loyalty and repeat business.

Produce meat to the specific volume, size, and weight to meet the needs of stakeholders.

Maximise the saleable yield for the business.

Contribute to efficiencies to support the key performance indicators (KPIs) of the business through working to agreed specifications for their role.

Adhere to customer specifications and contracts.

Contribute to foreign body control and metal detection.

Meet key performance indicators within meat processing.