Apprentice Butchery Academy

Dunbia; Launceston; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 19,000; Full time

Job summary

Dunbia Treburley is offering an exciting opportunity to join the team as a Butchery Apprentice. This structured programme provides professional training in essential butchery skills across key areas, with on‑the‑job learning under the supervision of the Butchery Manager and specialist workshops via Duchy College.

You will develop knife handling, boning, trimming, and meat handling to high standards, while acquiring stock control and paperwork skills and understanding health and safety

Qualifications

• No sponsorship is available for overseas applicants.
• Be prepared to train through Duchy College workshops.
• Learn on the job under the supervision of the Butchery Manager.

Responsibilities

• Receive professional training in essential butchery skills.
• Work with the team to process meat and maintain standards.
• Support stock control and related paperwork.
• Attend Duchy College workshops as part of training.

Skills

Butchery

Knife skills

Stock control

Teamwork

Job description

Dunbia Treburley are offering exciting opportunities to join their team as a Butchery Apprentice. This is a fantastic opportunity to receive professional training in essential butchery skills in various areas of the Butchery department, in conjunction with learning skills through attendance at Duchy College.

Responsibilities

What you'll do at work

Working as part of a team receiving professional training in essential butchery skills in various areas of the butchery department, in conjunction with learning skills through attendance at workshops with Duchy College (part of The Cornwall College Group) and learning on the job under the supervision of the Butchery Manager.

The training will provide you with the following skills development and learning:

• Professional butcher knife skills
• Carrying out boning, both moving line and block
• Carrying out trimming of various cuts of meats
• How to maintain various food standards
• How to work within and maintain Health and Safety standardsHow to manage stock control and associated paperwork
• How to correctly store meat products
• Assisting the Butchery Manager as required, in order to ensure the smooth running of the department
• How to effectively as part of a team

Functional Skills will be developed as needed in maths and English to ensure accuracy of reading instructions and weights and measures.

Qualifications

No company sponsorship is available to overseas applicants for this position.

Dunbia is a true market leader operating globally and our desire to create better food naturally is the driving force behind everything we do.