Meat cutter

In the U.K., the term butcher is still used to describe a person who offers for retail sale meat ready for cooking by the customer.

Industrial meat cutters are found in production-oriented facilities, and generally perform fewer tasks, but repeatedly.

The term "meat cutters" typically deal with "primal" cuts - segments of the carcass broken down into smaller (but still unfinished) pieces to make them easier to handle.

Retail meat cutters traditionally work indoors, in large, refrigerated rooms, with temperatures ranging between 2 and –4 degrees Celsius.

In larger retail outlets or plant-facilities, working environments are generally equipped with power tools such as band saws and circular slicers.