meat cuttertokosher slaughterer
A meat cutter already meets 58% of what the kosher slaughterer role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.
58%
53.1/ 100
1 Share of the kosher slaughterer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the meat cutter profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A kosher slaughterer role treats 18 of its required skills as things a meat cutter already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- animal anatomy for food production
- apply GMP
- apply HACCP
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- clean the trimming box
- cope with blood
What stands in the way is 13 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 25 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A kosher slaughterer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a meat cutter background worth leading with.
- already held documentation concerning meat production engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held handle knives for cutting activities handling and moving
- already held clean the trimming box handling and moving
- already held handle meat processing equipment in cooling rooms handling and moving
- already held slaughter animals handling and moving
- already held split animal carcasses handling and moving
All 25 carried skills, including the 18 the kosher slaughterer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 18 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held clean carcasses required
- required, not held control animals in distress required
- required, not held cope with excrements required
- required, not held ensure animal welfare in slaughtering practices required
- required, not held monitor the identification of animals required
- required, not held operate in slaughterhouse installations required
- required, not held prepare meat products for shipping required
- required, not held skin animals required
- optional, not held label samples optional
- required, not held inspect animal carcasses required
- required, not held weigh animals for food manufacturing required
- optional, not held keep inventory of goods in production optional
- required, not held deal with killing animals processes required
- optional, not held follow an environmental friendly policy while processing food optional
- required, not held torah required
- required, not held warm blooded animal organs required
- optional, not held cooperate with colleagues optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a kosher slaughterer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 clean carcasses skill · sector specific
- 02 control animals in distress skill · sector specific
- 03 cope with excrements skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 25 skills that carry over
- already held animal anatomy for food production knowledge
- already held apply GMP skill
- already held apply HACCP skill
- already held apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages skill
- already held clean the trimming box skill
- already held cope with blood skill
- already held documentation concerning meat production knowledge
- already held ensure sanitation skill
- already held handle knives for cutting activities skill
- already held handle meat processing equipment in cooling rooms skill
- already held legislation about animal origin products knowledge
- already held maintain cutting equipment skill
- already held mark differences in colours skill
- already held monitor temperature in manufacturing process of food and beverages skill
- already held process livestock organs skill
- already held slaughter animals skill
- already held split animal carcasses skill
- already held tolerate strong smells skill
- already held consider economic criteria in decision making skill
- already held dispose food waste skill
- already held ensure compliance with environmental legislation in food production skill
- already held follow hygienic procedures during food processing skill
- already held food storage knowledge
- already held liaise with colleagues skill
- already held work in cold environments skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held maintain personal hygiene standards optional
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held follow an environmental friendly policy while processing food optional
- optional, not held label samples optional
- optional, not held cooperate with colleagues optional
- optional, not held keep inventory of goods in production optional
- optional, not held maintain personal hygiene standards optional
20 held skills the kosher slaughterer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role act reliably skill
- not needed by the target role adapt efficient food processing practices skill
- not needed by the target role cultural practices regarding animal parts sorting knowledge
- not needed by the target role cultural practices regarding animal slaughter knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure refrigeration of food in the supply chain skill
- not needed by the target role execute chilling processes to food products skill
- not needed by the target role handle knives for meat processing activities skill
- not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
- not needed by the target role lift heavy weights skill
- not needed by the target role manage challenging work conditions during food processing operations skill
- not needed by the target role operate cutting equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate metal contaminants detector skill
- not needed by the target role operate weighing machine skill
- not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
- not needed by the target role sort cut parts of carcasses inside cooling compartments skill
- not needed by the target role tend meat processing production machines skill
- not needed by the target role trace meat products skill
- not needed by the target role use cutting equipment skill
- not needed by the target role weigh parts of animal carcasses skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held torah required
- required, not held warm blooded animal organs required
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.