Summary
Join our friendly farm shop team and work alongside not just experienced Butchers, but a previous apprentice and gain a high level of knowledge and skills, whilst earning and receiving a recognised qualification and full-time job at the end.
Wage
Competitive
Competitive wage offered
£8 per hour.
Training course
Butcher (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm. May include some weekends.
39 hours 45 minutes a week
Start date
Sunday 6 July 2025
Duration
1 year 6 months
Positions available
1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
Learning general butchery skills and gaining knowledge including:
* Breaking down carcases
* Serving customers
* Making sausages
* Boning, rolling and tying joints
* Managing the counter display
Where you'll work
SCOTSMANS LODGE
STAMFORD ROAD
HELPSTON
PETERBOROUGH
PE6 7EL
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
MEAT EAST ANGLIA TRADES (IPSWICH) LIMITED
Your training course
Butcher (level 2)
What you'll learn
Course contents
* Comply with regulations and legislation relevant to their role and business.
* Maintains and sharpens knives and cutting equipment.
* Manual handling of carcases or primals through the manufacturing or butchery process.
* Adhere to the organisational policies and standard operating procedures.
* Maintain the meat product to the given customer specification and food safety compliance and traceability procedures in the meat supply chain.
* Support colleagues in delivering the daily workplace requirements.
* Use technology and applications to support production, sales, and customer service.
* Contribute to continuous improvement activities which focus on improving sustainability within the business.
* Communicate with customers and stakeholders to meet their requirements.
* Process and dispose of waste material.
* Uses knives and cutting equipment to undertake a range of primary and secondary butchery skills.
* Serve customers in line with brand standards.
* Advise customers on the use by dates, storage, preparation, and cooking of meat products.
* Prepare, produce, and display meat products such as joints, portions, sausages, burgers, value-added products and offer alternative products when required.
* Plan and prepare for seasonal supply and demand of meat products in the merchandising and promotion of seasonal foods.
* Provide provenance and heritage product information.
* Set up and close meat counter displays.
* Balance the customers’ needs with additional linked products and services such as marinades, and encourage customer loyalty and repeat business.
* Produce meat to the specific volume, size, and weight to meet the needs of stakeholders.
* Maximise the saleable yield for the business relating to carcases or primals.
* Contribute to efficiencies to support the key performance indicators (KPIs) of the business through working to agreed specifications for their role.
* Adhere to customer specifications and contracts.
* Contribute to foreign body control and metal detection.
* Meet key performance indicators within meat processing.
* Comply with regulations and legislation relevant to their role and business.
* Maintains and sharpens knives and cutting equipment.
* Manual handling of carcases or primals through the manufacturing or butchery process.
* Adhere to the organisational policies and standard operating procedures.
* Maintain the meat product to the given customer specification and food safety compliance and traceability procedures in the meat supply chain.
* Support colleagues in delivering the daily workplace requirements.
* Use technology and applications to support production, sales, and customer service.
* Contribute to continuous improvement activities which focus on improving sustainability within the business.
* Communicate with customers and stakeholders to meet their requirements.
* Process and dispose of waste material.
* Uses knives and cutting equipment to undertake a range of primary and secondary butchery skills.
Your training plan
Butcher Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
* English (grade C/4)
* Maths (grade C/4)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
* Communication skills
* Customer care skills
* Hard Working
* Team Player
* Dedicated
* Willing to Learn