Overview
We are seeking a motivated and dedicated Butchers Apprentice to join our team. This entry-level role offers an excellent opportunity to develop skills in food production and butchery within a professional environment. The successful candidate will assist experienced butchers in preparing meat products, ensuring high standards of food safety and quality.
This paid apprenticeship is ideal for individuals passionate about food, keen to learn, and interested in pursuing a career in the meat industry. You will:
- Help set up the butchery counter
- Serve on the butchery counter
- Package freshly prepared meat items to a set specification on a daily basis
- Learning about the products we sell so that you can help advise customers
- Ensure all health and safety and food hygiene standards are adhered to
- Cleaning down all equipment used.
- Work in collaboration with the wider Croots team
The apprentice will learn:
- Knife skills - including cutting, boning, trimming and mincing of meat
- Health and safety practices, food safety and hygiene and key legislation
- Using butchery tools and machinery – including mincing, sausage making, bacon curing, vacuum packing
- Cutting whole carcasses, in season, from nose to tail.
- Business profitability, maximising productivity, efficiency and customer care
- Teamwork and customer care skills
- Specialist retail shop butchery skills
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C)
- Maths (grade 4/C)
Please let us know if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Presentation skills
- Team working
- Initiative
We are a family run, food loving farm shop & café based on our family sheep farm in the beautiful Ecclesbourne Valley in Derbyshire and have been established for 18 years.
Our friendly and supportive team are like one big family, in fact we even have a name for ourselves – the Croutons! We pride ourselves on high quality, local meats and customer service and will give you all the relevant training, development and tools to enable you to succeed in your apprenticeship.
Pay: £12,480.00-£19,827.60 per year
Benefits:
- Discounted or free food
- Free parking
- Store discount
Work Location: In person
