Slaughterers and Meat Packers
SOC Code: 51-3023
Slaughterers and Meat Packerss remove bones, and cut meat into standard cuts in preparation for marketing. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 89.0/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Speaking, Active Listening, Social Perceptiveness.
AI-Proof Score: 89.0 — Very High
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Median Salary
$39,790
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Job Growth
2.2%
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Training Time
Moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year)
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Job Zone
Zone 2 / 5
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Training Cost
~$5,000
Key Skills
- •Speaking
- •Active Listening
- •Social Perceptiveness
- •Critical Thinking
- •Operations Monitoring
- •Monitoring
- •Operation and Control
- •Troubleshooting
Common Tasks
- ✓Remove bones, and cut meat into standard cuts in preparation for marketing.
- ✓Sever jugular veins to drain blood and facilitate slaughtering.
- ✓Tend assembly lines, performing a few of the many cuts needed to process a carcass.
- ✓Shackle hind legs of animals to raise them for slaughtering or skinning.
- ✓Slit open, eviscerate, and trim carcasses of slaughtered animals.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation