Apprentice Butcher

About the role

Butchery & Retail Assistant 🔪🥩

Ready to dive into the world of top-tier butchery? We're looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our friendly team at Laveracks! This is your chance to learn the ropes from the ground up and become a pro at all things meat. 💯

What You'll Be Doing:

• Knife Skills & Machinery Mastery: Get hands-on and learn how to safely wield knives, operate machinery, and use all our essential butchery equipment. 🧰
• Meat Prep Excellence: Master the art of preparing, trimming, portioning, and presenting meat to the high standards Laveracks is known for. ✨
• Value-Added Creations: Get creative making delicious burgers, kebabs, marinated meats, and other exciting products. 🍔🌶️
• Display & Presentation: Help create stunning counter displays that make our products irresistible. 🤩
• Customer Connection: Serve customers like a pro, offer expert product advice, and take their orders with a smile. 😊
• Meat Knowledge Expansion: Learn about different meat cuts, the best cooking methods, seasonal produce, and local sourcing. 📚
• Safety & Standards: Strictly adhere to all food safety, hygiene, traceability, allergen, and health & safety procedures. Your safety is our priority! ✅
• Stock Management: Receive and store stock correctly, rotate products efficiently, and minimize waste. ♻️
• Cleanliness & Organisation: Keep your workspace, equipment, and storage areas spotless, safe, and well-organized. 🧼
• Team Player: Work collaboratively with our busy, friendly retail team and lend a hand to the wider shop as needed. 🤝

If you're eager to learn, passionate about quality food, and ready to be part of a dynamic team, we want to hear from you! 🎉

Key responsibilities

• Prepare, trim, portion and present meat products to Laveracks’ standards
• Produce burgers, kebabs, marinated products and other added-value lines
• Serve customers professionally, provide product advice and take customer orders
• Follow strict food safety, hygiene, traceability, allergen and health and safety procedures
• Support the preparation and maintenance of attractive counter displays

Entry requirements

GCSE in: (English (grade 3/D), Maths (grade 3/D))