Apprentice Butcher

Summary

A fantastic opportunity to join a family run butchery business who pride themselves on Quality, Consistency and No Compromise. We supply some of the top restaurants in the country from Michelin Stars through to local cafes. Learn from experts in the butchery field who have become Master Craftsmen and will share their wealth of knowledge.

Annual wage: £13,312 to £23,795.20 a year
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Training course: Butcher (level 2)
Hours: Monday to Friday, ideally 5am – 2pm finish (could be flexible with start time due to transport)
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 2 December
Duration: 1 year 6 months
Positions available: 2

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

As an apprentice you will be joining the busy daily routine of the butchery. There will be a diverse range of roles. This will involve playing an active role in different parts of the factory including:

Sausage and burger manufacturing
Steak portioning
Game preparation
Boning out of carcasses- beef, pork and lamb
Curing and slicing bacon
Dicing and mincing trim etc.

Where you’ll work

WATEREDGE

KIRKBY MALZEARD

RIPON

HG4 3RJ

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

LUMINATE EDUCATION GROUP

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.
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.

Your training plan

Training will take place one day a week at Printworks Campus of Leeds City College
The qualification at the end of training will be the Level 2 Butchery certificate

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4)
Maths (grade 4)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
Attention to detail
Customer care skills
Team working
Initiative
Physical fitness
Can do attitude
Adapts well to new situations
Practical thinker

Other requirements

• Please apply for the role as soon as possible, we are interviewing suitable candidates as and when we receive applications. Therefore, the role may close before the advertised closing date. • Company Pension after 3 months • Staff Discount on Meat • 28 days holiday allowance including some Bank Holidays • No Weekend Work

About this company

We are a family farm and butcher that farms in Nidderdale, with an informal co-op of farmers supplying us from across the Yorkshire Dales, Moors and Vales. Our family has farmed in Yorkshire since the 1850’s. All of our farming is based on a Low and Slow process; Grass fed or free range, and using traditional and contemporary hanging and curing techniques, that help set us apart from your ordinary butcher! We supply some of the best restaurants, pubs and hotels across the country whilst also now offering our amazing product to the home cooks amongst you.

https://www.randjyorkshiresfinest.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

Progression to a permanent position at the end of a successful apprenticeship is highly likely.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LUMINATE EDUCATION GROUP

Leeds City College Apprenticeship Team

apprenticeships@leedscitycollege.ac.uk

01132846464

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000280824.

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