Apprentice Butchery Academy

Dunbia Group; Treburley; On-site; GBP 8,300 - 12,000; Part time

Job summary

Dunbia Treburley is offering an exciting Butchery Apprentice position, delivering hands-on training in knife skills, boning, trimming, and meat handling while you study at Duchy College. You will work as part of a team under the Butchery Manager, learning to maintain food standards and health and safety practices.

This role combines classroom learning with real shop-floor experience to build practical expertise in the butchery department.

Qualifications

• No prior experience required; on-the-job training provided.
• Structured training while attending Duchy College.
• Practical skills in boning, trimming, and meat handling.
• Health and safety and food standards compliance.

Responsibilities

• Receive professional training in essential butchery skills.
• Learn through Duchy College workshops and on-the-job supervision.
• Contribute to the smooth operation of the butchery department.
• Develop stock control and associated paperwork.

Skills

Knife skills

Teamwork

Stock control

Health & Safety

Attention to detail

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.

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 standards
• How 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.

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