Meat Packer
What the work is
Weighs, wraps, seals and labels meat and meat products.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Weighs meat and meat products to ensure accurate packaging
- Wraps and seals meat and meat products using appropriate packaging materials
- Labels packaged meat and meat products with accurate information, such as dates, times and batch numbers
- Inspects packaged meat and meat products for quality and freshness in preparation for sale
- Assists in inventory management by counting packaged products, and placing products onto trays and racks and shipping cartons
- Maintains cleanliness and hygiene standards in the packaging area
- May operate packaging machinery and equipment, or package meat and meat products by hand
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a busy fruit and vegetable packing shed during a peak harvest week. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A pallet of perfectly packed boxes rolls out and you know every one is right
- The team falls into a rhythm and the whole line runs without a hitch
- A grower stops by to say the fruit looked beautiful on the shelves in town
Hard days
- Standing at a bench for hours doing the same movement over and over
- The scales drift and a whole tray needs repacking when the truck is nearly here
- A rush week with long days and a boss who wants more every hour
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 832134, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.