Apprentice Butcher

GOG MAGOG HILLS LTD

CAMBRIDGE (CB22 3AD)

Closes in 23 days (Thursday 11 December 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 12 November 2025

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Summary

We are looking for an apprentice butcher, to join our award-winning farm shop! We pride ourselves on excellent customer service and supplying only the best products.

Wage

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

National Minimum Wage

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Training course
Butcher (level 2)
Hours
We are open 7 days a week, you will work 40 hours a week over 5 days. At least one of these days will be a weekend.

40 hours a week

Start date

Friday 12 December 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

As an apprentice you will be involved in the day-to-day running of the business. Whilst training and learning new skills, you will also assist with the following:

  • Serving customers;
  • Maintaining hygiene standards;
  • Supporting other butchers;
  • Sausage making;
  • Carcase butchery.

 

Where you'll work

HEATH FARM
SHELFORD BOTTOM
CAMBRIDGE
CB22 3AD

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

Level 2 Butcher apprenticeship, including Functional Skills in English and maths if required

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade C/4)
  • Maths (grade C/4)

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

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Team working
  • Keen to learn
  • Independent

About this employer

We are an award-winning farm shop on the outskirts of Cambridge. We specialise in craft butchery, having won butchery of the year and several great taste awards.

https://thegog.com/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

We offer free drinks and lunch, staff social outings, parking onsite and 20% staff discount in the shop/cafe.

After this apprenticeship

Become a fully qualified butcher with opportunities to take on more responsibilities.

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

MEAT EAST ANGLIA TRADES (IPSWICH) LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000000028.

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Closes in 23 days (Thursday 11 December 2025 at 11:59pm)

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