Butchery apprentice

ARCHERS BUTCHERS LTD

NORWICH (NR1 4AB)

Closes on Friday 19 September 2025

Posted on 12 August 2025

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Summary

We are seeking a passionate and hardworking Butchery Assistant to join our team. You will learn from experienced professionals, and contribute to the production of high-quality meat products. The successful candidate will work alongside skilled butchers, gaining hands-on experience in various tasks involved in the daily operation of a butchery.

Wage

£15,704 to £25,396.80, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

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we set anual wage reviews based on performance

Training course
Butcher (level 2)
Hours
7am-5pm Tuesday - Saturday

40 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 30 September 2025

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

1

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

  • Pork production
  • Beef production
  • Lamb production
  • Sausage making
  • Food hygiene training
  • Stock rotation
  • Serving customers
  • Daily cleaning
  • Assisting butchers 

Where you'll work

177-179 PLUMSTEAD ROAD
NORWICH
NR1 4AB

Training

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

Training provider

MEAT EAST ANGLIA TRADES (IPSWICH) LIMITED

Training course

Butcher (level 2)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • 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.

Training schedule

  • on site training
  • off site training
  • online training

Requirements

Share 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
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience

About this employer

we are a high street butchers, online butcher, delicatessen, meat wholesaler and caterer.

http://www.archersnorwich.com (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

We offer staff discount and free lunch.

After this apprenticeship

  • Once qualified they will be an integral part of our butchery team and can possibly progress within the business.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ARCHERS BUTCHERS LTD

james archer

james@archersbuchers.com

01603 434253

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000336826.

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Closes on Friday 19 September 2025

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