The Collar360

Meat cutter

Other names

trimmer, deboner, meatcutter, meat boner

Meat, fish and dairy

They cut animal bodies into big and small pieces, and they take out the bones by hand or with machines.

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The work

The tasks come from O*NET (United States) and ESCO (Europe), the world's two occupation databases. How the work is done can differ in Uganda; our team adds the local way where it does.

  1. 1

    Remove bones, and cut meat into standard cuts in preparation for marketing.

  2. 2

    Tend assembly lines, performing a few of the many cuts needed to process a carcass.

  3. 3

    Slit open, eviscerate, and trim carcasses of slaughtered animals.

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Sources

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Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

International classification

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

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O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

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In other languages

français
désosseur-pareur/désosseuse-pareuse
español
cortador de carne/cortadora de carne
العربية
قاطع اللحم / قاطعة اللحم
português
Cortador de carne/Cortadora de carne
Deutsch
Fleischverarbeiter/Fleischverarbeiterin
italiano
tagliatore di macelleria/tagliatrice di macelleria

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