Fishmongers and Poultry Dressers

Fishmongers and poultry dressers clean, cut and prepare fish and poultry for processing or sale.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£ 8,811
£ 18,820
£ 28,426

Available jobs

In the past year there were 11,337 vacancies for this type of job

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Cleans tools and work surfaces.

  • Removes feathers and internal organs, extracts edible offal and cuts off feet and head from poultry carcasses and dresses as required.

  • Cuts and slits fish for curing by hand or machine.

  • Scrubs, de-scales, heads, guts, washes and bones fish.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Management Styles

  • Filleting

  • Knife Skills

  • Food Safety And Sanitation

  • Seafood Preparation

  • Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

  • Cooking

  • Restaurant Operation

  • Retail Management

  • Business Process Improvement

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Leadership

  • Customer Service

  • People Management

  • Communications

  • Sales

  • Detail Oriented

  • Time Management

  • Management

  • Lifting Ability

  • Scheduling

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.