NOC 2021 · 94141 · TEER 4
Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers
Unit group 94141 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers prepare meat and poultry for further processing or for packaging for wholesale distribution. They are employed in meat and poultry slaughtering, processing and packing establishments.
Example job titles
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- air knife meat cutter - meat packing plant
- animal eviscerator - meat packing plant
- animal skinner - meat packing plant
- animal sticker - meat packing plant
- animal stunner
- beef boner
- beef boner - meat packing plant
- beef cooler worker - meat packing plant
- beef sticker - meat packing plant
- beef trimmer - meat packing plant
- beef-pluck trimmer
- benchman/woman - meat packing plant
- brisket cutter - meat packing plant
- calf skinner - meat packing plant
- carcass splitter - meat packing plant
- chicken plucker
- chuck cap puller - meat packing plant
- cutter - meat packing plant
- dehairing machine dropper - meat packing plant
- enzyme injector - food and beverage processing
- ham cutter
- ham sawyer - meat packing plant
- head boner - meat packing plant
- hog killer
- industrial butcher
- industrial meat chopper
- industrial meat cutter
- livestock killer
- meat boner
- meat chopper - meat packing plant
- meat cutter - meat packing plant
- meat dresser - meat packing plant
- meat portion cutter - meat packing plant
- meat roll tier - food and beverage processing
- meat sawyer - meat packing plant
- meat tenderizer - food and beverage processing
- meat trimmer
- meat trimmer - meat packing plant
- poultry boner
- poultry butcher - meat packing plant
- poultry dresser
- poultry eviscerator
- poultry hanger
- poultry plucker
- poultry plucker tender
- poultry preparer
- poultry slaughterer - food and beverage processing
- poultry worker - meat packing plant
- ritual slaughterer - meat packing plant
- shackle hoist operator - meat packing plant
- sheep sticker
- shohet - meat packing plant
- slaughterer
- slaughterer - meat packing plant
- slaughterhouse butcher
- trimmer - meat packing plant
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.