Abattoir Apprentice

Are you ready to kickstart your career with a leading company in the red meat processing industry? Dunbia is looking for Apprentice Slaughtermen to join our team in Llanybydder. As a global supplier of high-quality beef and lamb, we pride ourselves on our commitment to excellence and customer satisfaction.

Our Apprenticeship provides hands-on training in a fast-paced production environment, allowing you to earn initially an NVQ Level 2 in Slaughter & Meat Processing.

This 18-month apprenticeship is designed for individuals who want to build a career in the meat processing industry. Working within an industry leading production line, apprentices will develop essential skills in meat preparation, trimming, and processing while ensuring quality and efficiency standards are met. 

What You Will Learn

• Take responsibility for their own and others’ health and safety in the work area, including personal protective equipment (PPE) hygiene and safety
• Demonstrate basic safe and hygienic operational and maintenance practices with machinery and equipment such as cleaning, sharpening, lubrication
• Carry out lairage in accordance with standard operating procedures (SOPs) by demonstrating techniques and skills in animal welfare, handling and
• Take responsibility for their own and others’ health and safety in the work area, including personal protective equipment (PPE) hygiene and safety
• Demonstrate basic safe and hygienic operational and maintenance practices with machinery and equipment such as cleaning, sharpening, lubrication
• Carry out lairage in accordance with standard operating procedures (SOPs) by demonstrating techniques and skills in animal welfare, handling and
• Fulfil the requirement for accurate recording of essential information impacting on animal welfare or potential meat production quality issues
• Carry out the process of stunning, shackling and bleeding using skills and procedures that have regard for animal welfare, safety and hygienic practice
• Carry out the dressing process (flaying/skinning/scalding) using skills to avoid tears and cut damage to subcutaneous tissue and avoiding visual carcase contamination
• Carry out the process of evisceration by removing green and red offal in sequence using skills and practices that avoid where possible contamination of carcase/offal’s including carcase splitting where appropriate.
• Contribute to problem solving and the continuous improvement of abattoir operations.

The candidate we are looking for will:

• Be committed to following training programme to progress their career.
• Be self-motivated.
• Have attention to detail.
• Take pride in their work.
• Have the ability to work within a team.
• Be committed to working within the Company Values.

No company sponsorship is available to overseas applicants for this position. 

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