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Advanced butcher (level 3)

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Working in and running a butcher's shop, butchery department or meat processing plant.

Knowledge, skills and behaviours
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Knowledge

  • The management of food safety & hygiene practices including cleaning and disinfection arrangements
  • The implementation of health and safety policy and application within the business or function. Also understanding of equality and diversity regulations and good practice
  • The principles and comparisons involved in the science of various meat and poultry species and effects on the selection, cutting and production process
  • The principles of animal welfare, selection, procurement and purchasing processes and the influence that provenance may contribute in the farm to fork supply chain for various red and white meat
  • C: The end to end process for primal butchery in the meat business that starts from carcass selection, sides, or quarters, moving to separation from carcass and yield controls
  • The principles and variations involved in the chilling, maturation, handling and storage of red and white meat as it goes through the cutting and/or processing
  • The origins and nature of animal organs and tissues specified as Offal which is intended for sale to the customer /consumer in accordance with purchasing specifications and trade description requirement and Law
  • The standard operating procedures for grading meat, stock handling, cold storage, temperature controls and maturation
  • How to respond to the various needs of customers from across communities, religions and dietary requirements and develop new plated and/or oven ready products and pastries
  • Cold and hot meat curing and smoking techniques
  • Merchandising, labelling, food allergen awareness and wider food store products
  • Management techniques including delegation, team building, mentoring, interviewing. appraisal and performance of self and team members as required
  • Sales practices including wholesale distribution and meat procurement
  • Understand and display a thorough knowledge of the procurement of meat through the retail business and be able to champion fresh meat
  • Understand the principles of artisan butchery and be able to cut and bone at least four meat species including poultry &/or game whilst displaying associated techniques that apply to the retail environment
  • Understand marketing and promotional techniques used to ‘sell’ the retail business making use of social /web media to maximise the exposure of the business
  • Understand how to plan, co-ordinate and advise on cooking methods such as roasting, steam & bake-off operations in the retail environment
  • Know how to recruit locally, retain, train and develop the right people for the right roles in the retail business.
  • Understand how to implement and manage stock control systems for the shop environment including effective procurement and purchase of non-meat products for sale to domestic customers
  • Understand key business operations such as energy supply, insurance registrations, payroll systems, and basic bookkeeping and filing returns
  • Understand and apply the legislative and regulatory requirements that apply for the safe, healthy and clean processing environment adhering to standard operating practices
  • Understand the sales, procurement and selection process within the processing business environment
  • Understand minimisation approaches to the management of meat ensure staff and teams are adhering to business operating practices
  • Understand how to plan and manage production schedules and change over methods in the meat processing environment
  • Understand how to co-ordinate despatch and transport of orders in food operations
  • Understand the supermarket product offer, display of pre-pack meat via cabinet, merchandising and placement policies keeping self and team up to date with brand developments and promotions
  • Understand the stock management and control (eg IPOS) system to minimise losses on out of date or damaged meat products. Ensure rotational processes are in place and react quickly to results to maintain business standards and stock requirements
  • The management of food safety & hygiene practices including cleaning and disinfection arrangements
  • The implementation of health and safety policy and application within the business or function. Also understanding of equality and diversity regulations and good practice
  • The principles and comparisons involved in the science of various meat and poultry species and effects on the selection, cutting and production process
  • The principles of animal welfare, selection, procurement and purchasing processes and the influence that provenance may contribute in the farm to fork supply chain for various red and white meat
  • C: The end to end process for primal butchery in the meat business that starts from carcass selection, sides, or quarters, moving to separation from carcass and yield controls
  • The principles and variations involved in the chilling, maturation, handling and storage of red and white meat as it goes through the cutting and/or processing
  • The origins and nature of animal organs and tissues specified as Offal which is intended for sale to the customer /consumer in accordance with purchasing specifications and trade description requirement and Law
  • The standard operating procedures for grading meat, stock handling, cold storage, temperature controls and maturation
  • How to respond to the various needs of customers from across communities, religions and dietary requirements and develop new plated and/or oven ready products and pastries
  • Cold and hot meat curing and smoking techniques
  • Merchandising, labelling, food allergen awareness and wider food store products
  • Management techniques including delegation, team building, mentoring, interviewing. appraisal and performance of self and team members as required
  • Sales practices including wholesale distribution and meat procurement
  • Understand and display a thorough knowledge of the procurement of meat through the retail business and be able to champion fresh meat
  • Understand the principles of artisan butchery and be able to cut and bone at least four meat species including poultry &/or game whilst displaying associated techniques that apply to the retail environment
  • Understand marketing and promotional techniques used to ‘sell’ the retail business making use of social /web media to maximise the exposure of the business
  • Understand how to plan, co-ordinate and advise on cooking methods such as roasting, steam & bake-off operations in the retail environment
  • Know how to recruit locally, retain, train and develop the right people for the right roles in the retail business.
  • Understand how to implement and manage stock control systems for the shop environment including effective procurement and purchase of non-meat products for sale to domestic customers
  • Understand key business operations such as energy supply, insurance registrations, payroll systems, and basic bookkeeping and filing returns
  • Understand and apply the legislative and regulatory requirements that apply for the safe, healthy and clean processing environment adhering to standard operating practices
  • Understand the sales, procurement and selection process within the processing business environment
  • Understand minimisation approaches to the management of meat ensure staff and teams are adhering to business operating practices
  • Understand how to plan and manage production schedules and change over methods in the meat processing environment
  • Understand how to co-ordinate despatch and transport of orders in food operations
  • Understand the supermarket product offer, display of pre-pack meat via cabinet, merchandising and placement policies keeping self and team up to date with brand developments and promotions
  • Understand the stock management and control (eg IPOS) system to minimise losses on out of date or damaged meat products. Ensure rotational processes are in place and react quickly to results to maintain business standards and stock requirements
  • The management of food safety & hygiene practices including cleaning and disinfection arrangements
  • The implementation of health and safety policy and application within the business or function. Also understanding of equality and diversity regulations and good practice
  • The principles and comparisons involved in the science of various meat and poultry species and effects on the selection, cutting and production process
  • The principles of animal welfare, selection, procurement and purchasing processes and the influence that provenance may contribute in the farm to fork supply chain for various red and white meat
  • C: The end to end process for primal butchery in the meat business that starts from carcass selection, sides, or quarters, moving to separation from carcass and yield controls
  • The principles and variations involved in the chilling, maturation, handling and storage of red and white meat as it goes through the cutting and/or processing
  • The origins and nature of animal organs and tissues specified as Offal which is intended for sale to the customer /consumer in accordance with purchasing specifications and trade description requirement and Law
  • The standard operating procedures for grading meat, stock handling, cold storage, temperature controls and maturation
  • How to respond to the various needs of customers from across communities, religions and dietary requirements and develop new plated and/or oven ready products and pastries
  • Cold and hot meat curing and smoking techniques
  • Merchandising, labelling, food allergen awareness and wider food store products
  • Management techniques including delegation, team building, mentoring, interviewing. appraisal and performance of self and team members as required
  • Sales practices including wholesale distribution and meat procurement
  • Understand and display a thorough knowledge of the procurement of meat through the retail business and be able to champion fresh meat
  • Understand the principles of artisan butchery and be able to cut and bone at least four meat species including poultry &/or game whilst displaying associated techniques that apply to the retail environment
  • Understand marketing and promotional techniques used to ‘sell’ the retail business making use of social /web media to maximise the exposure of the business
  • Understand how to plan, co-ordinate and advise on cooking methods such as roasting, steam & bake-off operations in the retail environment
  • Know how to recruit locally, retain, train and develop the right people for the right roles in the retail business.
  • Understand how to implement and manage stock control systems for the shop environment including effective procurement and purchase of non-meat products for sale to domestic customers
  • Understand key business operations such as energy supply, insurance registrations, payroll systems, and basic bookkeeping and filing returns
  • Understand and apply the legislative and regulatory requirements that apply for the safe, healthy and clean processing environment adhering to standard operating practices
  • Understand the sales, procurement and selection process within the processing business environment
  • Understand minimisation approaches to the management of meat ensure staff and teams are adhering to business operating practices
  • Understand how to plan and manage production schedules and change over methods in the meat processing environment
  • Understand how to co-ordinate despatch and transport of orders in food operations
  • Understand the supermarket product offer, display of pre-pack meat via cabinet, merchandising and placement policies keeping self and team up to date with brand developments and promotions
  • Understand the stock management and control (eg IPOS) system to minimise losses on out of date or damaged meat products. Ensure rotational processes are in place and react quickly to results to maintain business standards and stock requirements

Skills

  • Demonstrate full awareness and take responsibility for food safety, HACCP and health and safety practices with in their respective butchery functions and/or retailing environments
  • Demonstrate technical abilities & support others in the use of knives, hand saws, cleavers, banding needles and other relevant hand tools used in the process of primal cutting, boning, slicing, dicing, rolling, trimming and filleting as applicable to the butchery business
  • Produce/Contribute to making of company recipe sausages/pies and/or develop new meat products made to the specifications of local markets and/or customer requests
  • Take responsibility for the cold storage and cutting environment including temperature control, staff supervision, safety, hanging, handling and storage of meat
  • Communicate effectively in a variety of ways with internal colleagues and with customers. This will involve compilation of reports, presentations to staff/customers and competent use of ICT systems
  • Monitor and respond to the sales environment suggesting new and improved products for development and using initiative to prevent or solve problems as they may occur
  • Supervise the sales environment, organising self and others to ensure deadlines are met including cash, stock and financial administration of the business or area of responsibility
  • Monitor, manage and respond to the sales performance of the retail business, including review of customer behaviour, sales patterns and product enhancement and/or placement
  • Develop and implement sales strategies and methods for maximising income including loyalty schemes, promotions and additional product development
  • Produce a range of meat & poultry products including joints, portions, cooked and hot products, sausages, burgers, pasties, curing, smoking, air drying & value added products
  • Be able to advise on and handle a range of customer orders and at times deal with customer complaints
  • Demonstrate knife skills and precision cutting of at least one species of meat (applying to current environment) including technical understanding of muscle and primary carcass management
  • Manage the production line team ensuring customer orders are delivered in a timely and accurate fashion and within tolerances for size and weights
  • Be able to prepare effectively for audits and respond appropriately to findings including the implementation of improvement actions across the area of responsibility
  • Manage the store department sales targets through regular monitoring of performance against results, identifying high and low performance meat products communicating results to line management
  • Plan and manage the staff scheduling arrangements for the section area staff and team including for peak times and seasons
  • Take control for audit, inventory and traceability processes as required by the business
  • Demonstrate full awareness and take responsibility for food safety, HACCP and health and safety practices with in their respective butchery functions and/or retailing environments
  • Demonstrate technical abilities & support others in the use of knives, hand saws, cleavers, banding needles and other relevant hand tools used in the process of primal cutting, boning, slicing, dicing, rolling, trimming and filleting as applicable to the butchery business
  • Produce/Contribute to making of company recipe sausages/pies and/or develop new meat products made to the specifications of local markets and/or customer requests
  • Take responsibility for the cold storage and cutting environment including temperature control, staff supervision, safety, hanging, handling and storage of meat
  • Communicate effectively in a variety of ways with internal colleagues and with customers. This will involve compilation of reports, presentations to staff/customers and competent use of ICT systems
  • Monitor and respond to the sales environment suggesting new and improved products for development and using initiative to prevent or solve problems as they may occur
  • Supervise the sales environment, organising self and others to ensure deadlines are met including cash, stock and financial administration of the business or area of responsibility
  • Monitor, manage and respond to the sales performance of the retail business, including review of customer behaviour, sales patterns and product enhancement and/or placement
  • Develop and implement sales strategies and methods for maximising income including loyalty schemes, promotions and additional product development
  • Produce a range of meat & poultry products including joints, portions, cooked and hot products, sausages, burgers, pasties, curing, smoking, air drying & value added products
  • Be able to advise on and handle a range of customer orders and at times deal with customer complaints
  • Demonstrate knife skills and precision cutting of at least one species of meat (applying to current environment) including technical understanding of muscle and primary carcass management
  • Manage the production line team ensuring customer orders are delivered in a timely and accurate fashion and within tolerances for size and weights
  • Be able to prepare effectively for audits and respond appropriately to findings including the implementation of improvement actions across the area of responsibility
  • Manage the store department sales targets through regular monitoring of performance against results, identifying high and low performance meat products communicating results to line management
  • Plan and manage the staff scheduling arrangements for the section area staff and team including for peak times and seasons
  • Take control for audit, inventory and traceability processes as required by the business
  • Demonstrate full awareness and take responsibility for food safety, HACCP and health and safety practices with in their respective butchery functions and/or retailing environments
  • Demonstrate technical abilities & support others in the use of knives, hand saws, cleavers, banding needles and other relevant hand tools used in the process of primal cutting, boning, slicing, dicing, rolling, trimming and filleting as applicable to the butchery business
  • Produce/Contribute to making of company recipe sausages/pies and/or develop new meat products made to the specifications of local markets and/or customer requests
  • Take responsibility for the cold storage and cutting environment including temperature control, staff supervision, safety, hanging, handling and storage of meat
  • Communicate effectively in a variety of ways with internal colleagues and with customers. This will involve compilation of reports, presentations to staff/customers and competent use of ICT systems
  • Monitor and respond to the sales environment suggesting new and improved products for development and using initiative to prevent or solve problems as they may occur
  • Supervise the sales environment, organising self and others to ensure deadlines are met including cash, stock and financial administration of the business or area of responsibility
  • Monitor, manage and respond to the sales performance of the retail business, including review of customer behaviour, sales patterns and product enhancement and/or placement
  • Develop and implement sales strategies and methods for maximising income including loyalty schemes, promotions and additional product development
  • Produce a range of meat & poultry products including joints, portions, cooked and hot products, sausages, burgers, pasties, curing, smoking, air drying & value added products
  • Be able to advise on and handle a range of customer orders and at times deal with customer complaints
  • Demonstrate knife skills and precision cutting of at least one species of meat (applying to current environment) including technical understanding of muscle and primary carcass management
  • Manage the production line team ensuring customer orders are delivered in a timely and accurate fashion and within tolerances for size and weights
  • Be able to prepare effectively for audits and respond appropriately to findings including the implementation of improvement actions across the area of responsibility
  • Manage the store department sales targets through regular monitoring of performance against results, identifying high and low performance meat products communicating results to line management
  • Plan and manage the staff scheduling arrangements for the section area staff and team including for peak times and seasons
  • Take control for audit, inventory and traceability processes as required by the business

Behaviours

  • Take personal operational responsibility for both health and food safety, apply safe working practices when using knives, hazardous tools and/or related equipment Be punctual, reliable, diligent and respectful towards customers, peers and colleagues at all times
  • Be able to plan and organise self and others in the butchery area of responsibility
  • Cultivate and maintain productive relationships with internal colleagues and external customers
  • Keeping self and team/colleagues up to date with brand developments. Take pride in new products actively promoting these with colleagues and customers
  • C: Leading by example in terms of meeting targets, solving problems, managing pressure and attaining the quality assurance expectations of the business
  • Take responsibility for personal continuous professional development (CPD)
  • Take personal operational responsibility for both health and food safety, apply safe working practices when using knives, hazardous tools and/or related equipment Be punctual, reliable, diligent and respectful towards customers, peers and colleagues at all times
  • Be able to plan and organise self and others in the butchery area of responsibility
  • Cultivate and maintain productive relationships with internal colleagues and external customers
  • Keeping self and team/colleagues up to date with brand developments. Take pride in new products actively promoting these with colleagues and customers
  • C: Leading by example in terms of meeting targets, solving problems, managing pressure and attaining the quality assurance expectations of the business
  • Take responsibility for personal continuous professional development (CPD)
  • Take personal operational responsibility for both health and food safety, apply safe working practices when using knives, hazardous tools and/or related equipment Be punctual, reliable, diligent and respectful towards customers, peers and colleagues at all times
  • Be able to plan and organise self and others in the butchery area of responsibility
  • Cultivate and maintain productive relationships with internal colleagues and external customers
  • Keeping self and team/colleagues up to date with brand developments. Take pride in new products actively promoting these with colleagues and customers
  • C: Leading by example in terms of meeting targets, solving problems, managing pressure and attaining the quality assurance expectations of the business
  • Take responsibility for personal continuous professional development (CPD)
Apprenticeship category (sector)
Sales, marketing and procurement
Qualification level
3
Equal to A level
Course duration
18 months
Funding
£12,000
Maximum government funding for
apprenticeship training and assessment costs.
Job titles include
  • Retail advanced butcher
  • Process advanced butcher
  • In-Store advanced butcher
  • Sustainable retail advanced butcher
  • Sustainable process advanced butcher
  • Organic retail advanced butcher
  • Organic process advanced butcher

View more information about Advanced butcher (level 3) from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.