Blake Heenan

As a Slaughterman my duties included-

• Stun animal
• Stick and bleed animal
• Scold and dehair carcase
• Skin carcase
• Ring bung
• Rod weasand
• Maintain personal equipment
• Apply hygiene and sanitation practices
• Follow safe work policies and procedures
• Sharpen knifes
• Collaborated with team members to optimize workflow efficiency in production area

• First two years of employment was part time after school retail assistant, duties included-
• Cleaning equipment
• Trade assist, preparing and packing meat products maintaining high hygiene standards
• Then I was offered an apprenticeship when I finished school and then my duties changed to-
• Knife skills
• Meat preparation
• Customer service
• Maintained retail meat cabinet with attention to presentation and cleanliness
• Private kill
• Break down of beasts
• Minced meat