Butcher Apprentice

Morrisons; Mansfield; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Morrisons in Mansfield is seeking a dedicated individual to join as a Butcher (Level 2) apprentice. You’ll begin with a 13-week Customer Assistant role, then progress to a 12-month Butchery apprenticeship, learning knife skills and meat primals, while gaining hands-on experience.

Based in our Mansfield store, you’ll work 30 hours per week and earn a yearly wage of £19,827.60. Training is delivered by INSPIRO LEARNING LIMITED, with potential progression to leadership programs upon successful

Qualifications

• Complete a level 2 Butcher apprenticeship standard.
• Regular one-to-one sessions with a dedicated trainer either remotely or through visits to your workplace.
• Learn and train for a specific job and understand knife skills to prepare meat primals through cutting, mincing and dicing.

Responsibilities

• Provide friendly and helpful service to customers during the apprenticeship.
• Learn about different animal species and meat processing techniques.

Skills

Communication skills

Job description

• You’ll start by spending 13 weeks working as a Morrisons Customer Assistant, before progressing to a 12-month apprenticeship in Butchery. If you successfully complete your apprenticeship and assessments, you could then progress to our Sir Ken Morrison Leadership School. This is a six-month programme, which can kickstart your journey into retail management.
• Butchery plays a huge role in the history of Morrisons. It’s not just a Proper Job - it’s one of the oldest crafts in the world.
• After 13 weeks, you’ll progress to a a Butchery Apprentice, and through the apprenticeship we’ll help you learn about knife skills so you’re able to prepare meat primals through cutting, mincing, and dicing. You'll also learn about the different animal species we work with, and the techniques you need to produce and process meat products.
• You will be providing a friendly and helpful service to all our customers, whilst you develop through your apprenticeship programme.

Training

• Complete a level 2 Butcher apprenticeship standard
• Have regular one to one sessions with a dedicated trainer either remotely or through visits to your workplace
• Learn and train for a specific job
• Get hands-on experience in a job
• Study for 6 hours of your working hours
• Complete assessments during and at the end of your apprenticeship

What happens at the end

After 13 weeks, you’ll progress to a a Butchery Apprentice, and through the apprenticeship we’ll help you learn about knife skills so you’re able to prepare meat primals through cutting, mincing, and dicing. You'll also learn about the different animal species we work with, and the techniques you need to produce and process meat products.

Skills

• Communication skills
• Customer care skills

Key details

• Wage: £19,827.60 a year
• Working week: 30 hours, fully flexible between the hours of 06:00 - 21:30.
• Hours: 30 hours per week
• Duration: 1 Year
• Start date: 2026-11-09
• Closing date: 2026-10-22
• Apprenticeship standard: Butcher (level 2)
• Training provider: INSPIRO LEARNING LIMITED

About the employer

To make and provide food we’re all proud of, where everyone’s effort is worthwhile, so more and more people can afford to enjoy eating well.

We are proud to be a Yorkshire food retailer serving customers across the UK through our network of 497 conveniently located supermarkets and various online home delivery channels.

Our business is predominantly food and grocery focussed and uniquely, we source and process half of the fresh food that we sell in our own manufacturing facilities and stores which gives us close control over provenance and quality. Our committed and trained food makers and shopkeepers prepare food in-store for customers and we have more skilled colleagues preparing food in store than any other retailer.

Every week around 9 million customers pass through our doors and over 118,000 colleagues across the business work hard each day to deliver great service to them. We cover over 97% of UK postcodes through our online delivery service. With competitive, permanently low prices we are committed to helping our customers save money every day.