meat preparations operator
Meat preparations operators prepare fresh meat with ingredients such as spices, herbs or additives in order to make ready-for-sale meat preparations.
meat preparations operator meat preparations operators prepare fresh meat with ingredients such as spices, herbs or additives in order to make ready-for-sale meat preparations. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include typology of meat parts, food storage, animal anatomy for food production, maintain cutting equipment, tolerate strong smells.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £28,859 a year for Butchers (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £25,989 to £32,218 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 5431). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Craft and related trades workers” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only meat preparations operator, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 7. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
Top skills
Frequently asked questions
What does meat preparations operator do?
Meat preparations operators prepare fresh meat with ingredients such as spices, herbs or additives in order to make ready-for-sale meat preparations.
What skills does meat preparations operator need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include typology of meat parts, food storage, animal anatomy for food production, maintain cutting equipment, tolerate strong smells, ensure sanitation. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace meat preparations operator?
Our AI-durability model gives meat preparations operator a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.