Butchery Apprentice

The Cornwall College Group; Launceston; Hybrid; GBP 14,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Dunbia Treburley offers a Butchery Apprenticeship with professionaltraining in essential butchery skills. You will train while working on the job and attend Duchy College as part of The Cornwall College Group.

The role includes an hourly wage of £12.71, with progress bonuses possible to increase rates after assessment, and a 37.5‑hour week at Treburley, Launceston, Cornwall.

Qualifications

• GCSE Maths (Grade 3) or equivalent.
• Demonstrates initiative and willingness to learn on the job.

Responsibilities

• Learn and perform essential butchery tasks under supervision.
• Work as part of a team with on‑the‑job training and Duchy College sessions.
• Maintain safety and food hygiene standards while handling meat products.
• Assist the Butchery Manager and support stock control and paperwork.

Skills

Initiative

Education

GCSE Maths (Grade 3)

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.

The hourly wage will be £12.71, however if good progress is made apprentices will be eligible to increase their hourly rate through a weekly bonus upon assessment.

Training course Butcher (level 2)

Hours Under 18 - 7.00am - 2.15pm. Over 18 - 5.45am - 2.15pm.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Monday 11 January 2027

Duration

1 year 6 months

10

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands‑on experience.

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.

Where you'll work

Dunbia Treburley
Treburley
Launceston
Cornwall
PL15 9PU

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

• Comply with regulations and legislation relevant to their role and business.
• Maintains and sharpens knives and cutting equipment.
• Manual handling of carcases or primals through the manufacturing or butchery process.
• Adhere to the organisational policies and standard operating procedures.
• Maintain the meat product to the given customer specification and food safety compliance and traceability procedures in the meat supply chain.
• Support colleagues in delivering the daily workplace requirements.
• Use technology and applications to support production, sales, and customer service.
• Contribute to continuous improvement activities which focus on improving sustainability within the business.
• Communicate with customers and stakeholders to meet their requirements.
• Process and dispose of waste material.
• Uses knives and cutting equipment to undertake a range of primary and secondary butchery skills.
• Serve customers in line with brand standards.
• Advise customers on the use by dates, storage, preparation, and cooking of meat products.
• Prepare, produce, and display meat products such as joints, portions, sausages, burgers, value‑added products and offer alternative products when required.
• Plan and prepare for seasonal supply and demand of meat products in the merchandising and promotion of seasonal foods.
• Provide provenance and heritage product information.
• Set up and close meat counter displays.
• Balance the customers’ needs with additional linked products and services such as marinades, and encourage customer loyalty and repeat business.
• Produce meat to the specific volume, size, and weight to meet the needs of stakeholders.
• Maximise the saleable yield for the business relating to carcases or primals.
• Contribute to efficiencies to support the key performance indicators (KPIs) of the business through working to agreed specifications for their role.
• Adhere to customer specifications and contracts.
• Contribute to foreign body control and metal detection.
• Meet key performance indicators within meat processing.
• Comply with regulations and legislation relevant to their role and business.
• Maintains and sharpens knives and cutting equipment.
• Manual handling of carcases or primals through the manufacturing or butchery process.
• Adhere to the organisational policies and standard operating procedures.
• Maintain the meat product to the given customer specification and food safety compliance and traceability procedures in the meat supply chain.
• Support colleagues in delivering the daily workplace requirements.
• Use technology and applications to support production, sales, and customer service.
• Contribute to continuous improvement activities which focus on improving sustainability within the business.
• Communicate with customers and stakeholders to meet their requirements.
• Process and dispose of waste material.
• Uses knives and cutting equipment to undertake a range of primary and secondary butchery skills.

You will be working towards a Level 2 Butchery Apprenticeship standard.

You will be required to attend Duchy College Stoke Climsland on a weekly basis as part of the apprenticeship training.

You will receive support from an assessor and an Apprenticeship Advisor.

Requirements

GCSE in:

• Maths (grade 3)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

• Initiative

Other requirements

All PPE (workwear such as boots, hats, chainmail) and equipment (such as knives) will be provided by the Company. We are a remote site, butvery closeto Duchy College.

The provision of your own transport is essential. This can be your own vehicle, sharing with others (informal car sharesestablishedby the employees themselves are in existence) or any other mode of travel.

Unfortunately, due to the starting hours, bus services are not compatible with our working hours.

About this employer

As a family business that remains true to its farming heritage, Dunbia's desire to better food naturally is the driving force behind everything we do and ensures we maintain a consistent focus on quality, value and success for our customers.

We serve every market sector with the widest range of product choices, all produced to exacting standards, and the strategic location of our sites means we can offer customers English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish products.

We are passionate about our industry and undertake every opportunity to engage with our stakeholders and increase the level of understanding of meat production and to support the wider food industry.

We are hopeful that on successful completion of the course we will be able to continue our relationship with the employee and progress them through the business if they are suitable, with opportunities of team leaderships and junior management potentially available.

This opportunity is seen as a long‑term job role, and the employment is within that of a large national company - for the right candidate there could also be opportunities for career progression within the group.

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CORNWALL COLLEGE

The reference code for this apprenticeship isVAC2000057448.