Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a meat cutter can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a meat cutter already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Meat cutters cut carcasses of animals into large and smaller parts for further processing. They remove bones from pre-processed carcasses of animals either manually or using machines.

Also known as trimmer, deboner, meatcutter, meat boner.

Craft and related trades workers 45 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: slaughterer, 62%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
slaughterer 62% covered fish trimmer 62% covered meat preparations operator 61% covered kosher slaughterer 58% covered butcher 58% covered meat cutter You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from meat cutter, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a meat cutter already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A meat cutter needs 30 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • sort cut parts of carcasses inside cooling compartments handling and moving
  • weigh parts of animal carcasses information skills
  • operate cutting equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • cultural practices regarding animal slaughter social sciences, journalism and information
  • use cutting equipment handling and moving
  • documentation concerning meat production engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • handle knives for cutting activities handling and moving
  • clean the trimming box handling and moving
  • handle meat processing equipment in cooling rooms handling and moving
  • trace meat products handling and moving
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a meat cutter does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Meat cutter is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a meat cutter’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.