CARPENTERS FARM SHOP - BUTCHER APPRENTICE

CARPENTERS FARM BUTCHERS

BANBURY (OX17 1JJ)

Closes on Wednesday 30 September 2026

Posted on 4 August 2026

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Summary

Join our Butchery Apprenticeship Programme and start your career in the meat trade. No experience? No problem, if you have got the right attitude, we'll teach the rest.

Wage

£15,600 a year

Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

Pay will reflect experience and will be incentivised through hard work, progress and commitment.

Training course
Butcher (level 2)
Hours
Tuesday to Saturday, 09:00 to 17:00.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Thursday 1 October 2026

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

Key Responsibilities

  • Learn the Basics: Acquire foundational knowledge
    in butchery principles, meat species, and carcass
    processing techniques.
  • MasterYour Craft: Develop knife skills for cutting,
    boning,trimming, and mincing meat.
  • Gain Industry Insight: Understand the meat
    sector's history, values, culture, and traditions.
  • Team Collaboration: Work with the team to meet
    deadlines and productivity targets.
  • Maintain Standards: Adhere to health, food safety,
    and hygiene standards.
  • Support Operations: Assist in stock control, quality
    assurance, and customer expectations.

Where you'll work

CARPENTERS FARM
WARMINGTON
BANBURY
OX17 1JJ

Training

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

Training provider

CROSBY MANAGEMENT TRAINING LTD

Training course

Butcher (level 2)

Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)

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

This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

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
  • Number skills
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Physical fitness

About this employer

Carpenters Farm Shop is based in Warmington just outside Banbury. It is popular in the local area and is known for the quality of the meat sold with plenty of repeat business

After this apprenticeship

Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).

This apprenticeship is a stepping stone to advanced
qualifications. Continue your journey in sustainable butchery and retail.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CARPENTERS FARM BUTCHERS

Jim Stout

jim.stout@hotmail.co.uk

07774817566

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000046227.

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Closes on Wednesday 30 September 2026