- Slaughter livestock and remove viscera and other inedible parts from carcasses
- Cut beef, lamb, pork or veal carcasses or sides or quarters of carcasses into primal cuts for further cutting, processing or packaging
- Cut meat and poultry into specific cuts for institutional, commercial or other wholesale use
- Remove bones from meat
- Remove filled containers from conveyors
- Feed and unload processing machines
- Check products and packaging for basic quality defects
- Assist process control and machine operators in performing their duties
- Food safety/handling skills
- Transport raw materials, finished products and packaging materials