A professional who tends machine that grinds meat for use in making such products as bologna, meat loaves, and sausages. Respnsibilities include:

• Pushes truck of cut meat from cooler room to grinding machine.
• Selects and inserts grinding plate in machine for specified particle size.
• Shovels meat into machine hopper, using fork, and positions truck under discharge spout.
• Starts machine.
• May cut chunks of meat into smaller pieces, using power operated cleaver or slicer.
• May select and weigh meat in cooler room for grinding.