Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

meat cuttertoslaughterer

A meat cutter already meets 62% of what the slaughterer role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.

From meat cutter
62%
Overlap1
To slaughterer
35 Skills carried over
15 Required, not held
53.3 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 53.3

This move: 53.3 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 35 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A 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.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held operate cutting equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held cultural practices regarding animal slaughter social sciences, journalism and information
  • 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

All 35 carried skills, including the 22 the slaughterer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 missing skills fall into 5 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 handling and moving 11 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held operate slaughterhouse equipment required
  • required, not held stun animals required
  • 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
  • required, not held suspend animals required
  • optional, not held label samples optional
02 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • 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
03 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held deal with killing animals processes required
  • optional, not held follow an environmental friendly policy while processing food optional
04 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held warm blooded animal organs required
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held work in a food processing team optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a slaughterer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 35 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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 cultural practices regarding animal slaughter knowledge
  • already held documentation concerning meat production knowledge
  • already held ensure sanitation skill
  • already held follow hygienic procedures during food processing 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 lift heavy weights skill
  • 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 tend meat processing production machines skill
  • already held tolerate strong smells skill
  • already held act reliably skill
  • already held adapt efficient food processing practices 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 food storage knowledge
  • already held have computer literacy skill
  • already held liaise with colleagues skill
  • already held liaise with managers skill
  • already held manage challenging work conditions during food processing operations skill
  • already held operate cutting equipment skill
  • already held provide first aid skill
  • already held work in cold environments skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held follow an environmental friendly policy while processing food optional
  • optional, not held label samples optional
  • optional, not held work in a food processing team optional
  • optional, not held keep inventory of goods in production optional
10 held skills the slaughterer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role cultural practices regarding animal parts sorting 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 operate metal contaminants detector skill
  • not needed by the target role operate weighing machine skill
  • not needed by the target role sort cut parts of carcasses inside cooling compartments 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
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held warm blooded animal organs required
Index
Note

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.