Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a slaughterer can go next

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

Slaughterers slaughter animals and process carcasses for further processing and distribution.

Also known as slaughter worker, animal slaughterhouse worker, animal slaughterer.

Craft and related trades workers 54 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: meat cutter, 75%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
meat cutter 75% covered fish trimmer 57% covered butcher 54% covered meat preparations operator 48% covered halal butcher 47% covered slaughterer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from slaughterer, 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 slaughterer 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 slaughterer needs 37 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
  • operate slaughterhouse equipment handling and moving
  • stun animals handling and moving
  • suspend animals handling and moving
  • control animals in distress handling and moving
  • cope with excrements handling and moving
  • monitor the identification of animals handling and moving
  • operate in slaughterhouse installations handling and moving
  • prepare meat products for shipping handling and moving
  • weigh animals for food manufacturing information skills
  • clean carcasses handling and moving
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Slaughterer 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 slaughterer’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.