Vocational Programs for Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers Career

The role of Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers is to use hands or hand tools to perform routine cutting and trimming of meat, poultry, and seafood..

The average annual wage of the occupations is $36,840 and $18 per hour. 1 vocational program could be taken for the Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers career. Based on BLS data, a total of 138,300 employees were employed in the Occupation.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers Career

The following 1 vocational program is required or helpful to prepare Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers. Total 12 schools are offering certificate programs.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2025 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Meat Cutting/Meat Cutter	12	-	-	-	-

Related Occupations to Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers Career

The following 20 occupations are related to Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers.

Related Occupations toMeat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
Cooks, Restaurant	1,412K	$36,060	$17
Cooks, Short Order	126K	$33,920	$16
Food Preparation Workers	880K	$32,960	$16
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products	23,430	$34,880	$17
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	259K	$36,140	$17
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	32,590	$37,060	$18
Bakers	220K	$35,550	$17
Butchers and Meat Cutters	136K	$39,680	$19
Slaughterers and Meat Packers	71,310	$38,710	$19
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders	19,570	$42,410	$20
Food Batchmakers	169K	$40,890	$20
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	29,730	$39,770	$19
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	53,170	$51,960	$25
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	26,210	$46,390	$22
Cutters and Trimmers, Hand	7,220	$39,260	$19
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	52,720	$44,700	$21
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	372K	$41,200	$20
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	3,008K	$39,760	$19
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	44,500	$41,000	$20
Packers and Packagers, Hand	645K	$35,450	$17

Schools offering vocational programs for Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers

The following 15 schools offer the vocational programs and certificate courses for preparing Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.