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Training in retail butchery in Québec
Training program
- In the Québec education system, completion of this program requires 900 hours of secondary level vocational training, representing a total of 10 years of study.
- This training leads to two occupations with good prospects for employment integration in Québec. They are:
- Butcher and meat cutter – retail and wholesale (NOC 6251)
- Industrial butcher and meat cutter, poultry preparer and related workers (NOC 9462).
Occupations
Butcher and meat cutter – retail and wholesale (NOC 6251)
Main duties
- Butchers, meat cutters and fishmongers, retail and wholesale, prepare standard cuts of meat, poultry, fish and shellfish for sale in retail or wholesale food establishments.
- In Québec, this occupation is not regulated.
Labour market information
- Employment prospects for the 2009-2013 period are favourable throughout Québec.
Some figures
- Approximately 8,000 persons practised the occupation of butcher and meat cutter – retail and wholesale or a related occupation in Québec in 2008, 84% of whom were men (compared to 53% for all occupations).
- 81% of butchers and meat cutters – retail and wholesale and persons practising a related occupation were employed full time in 2008 (similar to the compound average for all occupations).
- The average gross annual income was $29,000 for full-time employment in 2005.
Main activity sectors in terms of employment
Retail trade |
89% |
Wholesale trade |
7% |
Accommodation and food services |
1% |
Other |
3% |
Industrial butcher and meat cutter, poultry preparer and related workers (NOC 9462)
Main duties
- Workers in this group prepare meat and poultry for further processing, for packaging or for marketing.
- In Québec, this occupation is not regulated.
Labour market information
- Employment prospects for the 2009-2013 period are favourable in many regions of Québec.
Some figures
- Approximately 5,000 persons practised the occupation of industrial butcher and meat cutter, poultry prepare and related workers in Québec in 2008, 81% of whom were men (compared to 53% for all occupations).
- 93% of industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers were employed full time in 2008 (compared to 81% for all occupations).
- The average gross annual income was $31,000 for full-time employment in 2005.
Main activity sectors in terms of employment
Food, beverage and tobacco |
96% |
Agriculture and fishing |
2% |
Other |
2% |
Employers
- In the food, beverage and tobacco sector, there are 1,317 companies in Quebec:
- 280 in the Montérégie region ;
- 202 in the Montréal region;
- 127 in the Chaudière-Appalaches region.
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