Apprentice Butcher

Summary

Apprentice butcher wanted for family run small butchers in Otley. Apprentices will learn different methods and technics for the handling and preparation of meat. This apprenticeship will be 4 days working in the shop, and 1 day per week studying at Leeds City College towards a L2 Butcher qualification.

Wage: £13,312 to £23,795.20 a year
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Training course: Butcher (level 2)
Hours: 8am until 6pm. Weekday and weekends required, days TBC.
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 3 March
Duration: 1 year 9 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

Practise different cutting and chopping methods.
Work with different forms of meat and carcase.
Boning and manufacuring of sausages, pies etc.
Serving customers on the till.

Where you’ll work

3 MARKET STREET

OTLEY

LS21 3AF

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

8am until 6pm, with 1 day per week at college - weekend work required.

More training information

Leeds City College - Print Works Campus.

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
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative
Patience

Other requirements

Ideally a local resident to Otley. Please only apply if you can reliably commute.

About this company

Family run business has been running is 1881.

After this apprenticeship

* Permanent contract is highly likely at the end of the apprenticeship.

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