Butcher

**Proplan Meats Pty Ltd**
**Wangara WA 6065**
**Butcher or Smallgoods Maker**
**Salary: $70 000 to $80 000**

Butchers employed by Proplan Meats Pty Ltd prepare and sell meat and meat products, either directly to the public, or to restaurants and supermarkets. We are a specialized meat manufacturer and, thus all our staff needs to be experienced Meat product specialists. They cut the meat into sizes small enough for individual use and the manufacturing of our specialized products.

Since we cater predominantly for the South African expat community, the butcher to be appointed should have a thorough knowledge and understanding of how to prepare traditional South African products like biltong, dried sausages, biltong sticks (flavoured bites of biltong), biltong nuggets (flavoured chunks of biltong), sosaties (traditional type kebabs) and smoked products and specialised small goods.

The incumbent butcher should be skilled in the packaging and display of meat for retail sale. They advise customers on the type of meat they sell, and may make recommendations about cooking or preparing their products in the traditional way. Marinating, curing and smoking of meat form part of small goods manufacturing

**The incumbent Butcher joining us must have the following attributes**:
**Experience**:
**1.** **Butchery Management Experience**:

- Staff Management
- Profit and Loss Responsibility
- Stock Management
- Staff Training
- Experience in both a Medium and Large environment is required.
- Experience gained both in Australia and South Africa is required.

**2. Skilled in the manufacturing of South African Specialized Meat Products such as, but not limited to**:

- Boerewors
- Sosaties (Kebabs)
- Varieties of Specialized Sausages
- Smoking and Curing of Meat
- Manufacturing of Smoked Meat Products
- Preparing and breaking of carcasses for the purpose of specialized manufacturing
- The incumbent must have a thorough knowledge of making biltong in large quantities
(1.5 ton per week) as well as other Dried Meat Products: " Dry Wors" Meat Sticks, Processed Meats)

**3. Packaging of Products**
- Experienced in the packing of specialized products for specific distribution
- Trained in the operation and preventative maintenance of specialized product packing machines. Proplan Meats Pty Ltd operates a fully automated biltong packaging machine

**4. Training**:

- Practical "on the job" training is required.
- Proof of Continuous Training is required.
- Qualified butcher or Cert 111 in Meat Processing (or equivalent) is required, with at least 2 years post qualification experience.

**Salary: $70 000 to $80 000**

**Salary**: $70,000.00 - $80,000.00 per year

Ability to commute/relocate:

- WANGARA, WA 6065: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- post qualification: 2 years (required)

Work Authorisation:

- Australia (required)

Work Location: In person