Tasmanian Quality Meats is seeking Skilled Meat Workers to join our team at our Cressy Plant. These positions will be on a permanent, full time basis, 38 hours a week. Applicants must have experience in knife handling and skillsets to suit a variety of slaughtering and lamb boning tasks across our business.
Responsibilities
- Eviscerates and trims animal carcasses;
- Prepare animal carcasses for further processing by removing internal organs and hides;
- Cut meat to separate meat, fat and tissue from around bones;
- Trimming and preparing animal carcasses for the boning room;
- Operate switching controls to direct and drop carcasses and meat cuts from supply rails to boning tables;
- Operates restrainer and stunning equipment
- Stuns and kills livestock;
- Slaughter according to religious customs.
Criteria
- Good communication and positive teamwork
- Ability to work in a cold setting
- 2 years experience, a minimum
- Great attendance, reliability to work
- Excellent knife skills and knife handling and ability to perform slaughtering and boning tasks.
- Pre-employment medical, including drug and alcohol test.
- Transport to and from work preferred.
We have several positions available throughout our production facility, and the remuneration for these roles will be between $60,000 - $70,000 per annum based on an hourly rate. Opportunity for overtime and additional remuneration for the right candidates.