Meat processing

Butcher CV: example and template

This example is for butchers, smallgoods makers, carcass cutters and boners at meat plants, butcher's workshops, butcher's shops and supermarket meat counters, and for apprentices and production workers.

The employer wants to know which meat you cut and bone, which products you make, how you cure and smoke, what your output is and how you look after hygiene. We show you how to describe this on your CV.

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Example CV: butcher

All the details in this example are fictional. Treat it as a model of layout and wording, and replace the content with your own experience.

Pawel Grzelak

Butcher and smallgoods maker

Lukow +48 123 456 789 pawel.grzelak@example.com

Professional profile

Butcher and smallgoods maker with 10 years of experience at a butcher's workshop making traditional cold cuts. I cut pork half carcasses and beef quarters, bone out cuts, cure, smoke in a wood-fired smokehouse and make sausages, hams and offal products to recipes. I cut around 25 half carcasses a shift, and products I help make have won awards in regional product competitions.

Work experience

Butcher and smallgoods maker

04.2019 - present

Butcher's workshop with traditional cold cuts, Lukow

  • Cutting pork half carcasses and beef quarters.
  • Around 25 half carcasses a shift.
  • Curing and smoking in a wood-fired smokehouse.
  • Sausages, hams and offal products to recipes.
  • Awards for products in regional product competitions.

Boner

05.2015 - 03.2019

Meat plant, Siedlce

  • Boning out cuts.
  • Work on the cutting line.
  • Sharpening knives.

Education

Butcher, journeyman certificate

2012 - 2015

Vocational School Complex in Lukow

Skills

  • Cutting and boning meat
  • Curing and smoking
  • Making sausages and cold cuts
  • Traditional recipes
  • Operating butchery machines
  • Hygiene and food safety

Qualifications

  • Journeyman certificate in butchery
  • Sanitary and epidemiological health certificate
  • Food safety system training, 2021

Languages

  • English: A1

Additional information

  • Own set of knives

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How to write a butcher CV

Professional summary

Write which meat you cut, which products you make and at which plant you work. Add results, for example output or product awards. The employer is looking for a butcher who works fast and clean, knows meat and keeps quality high.

Boner with 4 years of experience at a meat plant. I bone out cuts on the cutting line and look after the knives. I am looking for work as a butcher at a workshop that makes cold cuts.

Experience: duties and achievements

Describe the plant, types of meat, cutting, boning, curing, smoking and products. Show results in numbers. Add a journeyman certificate and a sanitary certificate. Also say whether you serve customers at the counter.

Weaker: Cutting.

Better: Cutting pork half carcasses and beef quarters.

Weaker: Cold cuts.

Better: Curing and smoking in a wood-fired smokehouse.

Weaker: Results.

Better: Awards for products in regional product competitions.

Skills worth listing

List cutting, boning, curing, smoking, products, machines and hygiene. In your soft skills show accuracy, stamina and responsibility.

Professional skills

  • Cutting meat
  • Boning
  • Curing
  • Smoking
  • Sausages and cold cuts
  • Hygiene

Personal skills

  • Accuracy
  • Stamina
  • Responsibility
  • Speed
  • Teamwork

Qualifications

List a journeyman certificate, a sanitary certificate and food safety training. At craft butchers a journeyman certificate is highly valued.

First job as a butcher

Most people start as an apprentice or production worker at a meat plant. On your CV show placements and what you can already do.

Add a sanitary certificate and willingness to work in the cold. That is everyday life in this job.

Tailoring your CV to the job offer

A meat plant looks for cutting and output, a butcher's workshop for traditional cold cuts and recipes, and a butcher's shop for customer service and portioning. Move to the top what the job ad is about. If you prepare meat for specific restaurant needs, for example dry-ageing beef or portioning steaks, say so plainly. Also say whether you work with game or poultry, because it widens the range of jobs you can apply for. Also say whether you have butcher's shop experience. Also say whether you operate a bowl cutter and a sausage filler.

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Questions and answers

What should a butcher put on a CV?

The plant, types of meat, cutting, boning, curing, smoking, products, output and qualifications.

Is a journeyman certificate needed?

Not always, but it is highly valued at craft butchers.

Which results are worth giving?

Output a shift, product awards and little waste.

Does customer service help?

Yes, at butcher's shops a butcher often advises customers at the counter.

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