Experienced Butcher – Full‑Time

Quality Cut Meats | Kealba, VIC

Your Responsibilities:

• Meat cutting, preparation, and presentation
• Maintaining high standards of hygiene and quality
• Providing friendly, knowledgeable service to customers
• Working efficiently as part of a close‑knit team
• Selects, cuts, trims, prepares and arranges meat for sale or supply, 
• operates meat or smallgoods processing machines, or 
• manages the processes in the production of smallgoods.

Benefits

Experienced Butcher – Full‑Time

Quality Cut Meats | Kealba, VIC

Quality Cut Meats is a well‑established, family‑owned butcher proudly serving the Kealba community. We are seeking an experienced butcher to join our team in a full‑time, permanent position.

This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled butcher looking for long‑term job security, stable hours, and a workplace that values quality and experience.

Why Join Quality Cut Meats?

• Family‑owned and operated business with a strong local reputation
• Job security in a stable, long‑standing business
• Consistent full‑time hours and a reliable roster
• Supportive, professional team environment
• Traditional butcher shop focused on quality workmanship and customer service

Your Responsibilities:

• Meat cutting, preparation, and presentation
• Maintaining high standards of hygiene and quality
• Providing friendly, knowledgeable service to customers
• Working efficiently as part of a close‑knit team

About You:

• Experienced butcher with strong knife skills
• Takes pride in quality, presentation, and attention to detail
• Reliable, punctual, and professional
• Comfortable in a customer‑facing role
• Australian working rights

Task & responsibilities

• Receiving and inspecting meat carcasses and primal cuts to assess quality and freshness
• Breaking down carcasses into primal, sub-primal, and retail cuts using knives, saws, and other butchery equipment
• Trimming, boning, rolling, and tying cuts of meat to prepare them for sale or further processing
• Mincing, slicing, and grinding meat to produce mince, patties, and other products
• Preparing and making smallgoods such as sausages, salami, ham, and other cured or processed meat products (if applicable)
• Marinating, seasoning, and preparing value-added meat products (e.g. kebabs, stuffed roasts)
• Operating and maintaining butchery equipment including band saws, meat slicers, grinders, and vacuum packaging machines
• Weighing, wrapping, labelling, and pricing meat products for retail display
• Managing stock rotation, monitoring use-by dates, and minimising wastage
• Maintaining cold storage areas and ensuring correct temperature control for meat products
• Cleaning and sanitising the work area, equipment, and tools in accordance with food safety standards
• Complying with Work Health and Safety (WHS) requirements and safe food handling practices
• Advising customers on cuts, cooking methods, and product selection (in a retail context)
• Ordering stock and maintaining inventory levels (for senior or supervisory roles)

Qualification & experience

• AQF Certificate III including at least two years of on-the-job training, or AQF Certificate IV (ANZSCO Skill Level 3)
• At least three years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualifications.