Farm to Fork Butchery Apprentice

Job Title: Farm to Fork Butchery Apprentice

Status: 37 hours per week, Apprenticeship

Closing Date: Midnight, Sunday 5th October 2025

Assessment Centre Date: W/C 13th October

Overview

Are you passionate about food, craftsmanship, and learning a hands-on trade? Join our Farm to Fork team as a Butchery Apprentice and gain industry-ready skills in a dynamic, supportive environment. This is a fantastic opportunity to start your career in butchery while contributing to high-quality learner experiences and supporting our mission to deliver excellence.

About the role

As a Butchery Apprentice, you’ll work alongside experienced professionals to learn the full scope of butchery operations—from inspecting and preparing meat to packaging and advising customers. You’ll play a key role in maintaining food safety standards, supporting learners, and helping fulfil orders for our canteen and external customers.

Key responsibilities:

• Prepare, trim, weigh, label, and price meat products
• Cut and bone carcasses, package meat, and store it safely
• Maintain hygiene and food safety standards
• Support learners in a safe and engaging environment
• Attend marketing events to promote courses and raise the College’s profile
• Help maintain equipment and facilities
• Meet targets for meat delivery, sales, and masterclass income
• Keep accurate records and complete prestart checks
• Clean down the department daily to required standards

The successful candidate will:

• Hold a Level 2 qualification and Level 2 Maths & English (or equivalent)
• Be quality-conscious and technically sound
• Be self-motivated and able to inspire others
• Demonstrate understanding of the butchery industry
• Be able to think creatively and work within budgetary limits
• Have IT skills in MS Office (desirable)

We can offer you

• 35 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• A two-week festive/New Year shut down
• Generous pension scheme with an employer contribution of 20.8%
• Enhanced sick pay of up to 6 months full pay depending on service
• On-site gym membership available
• Pluxee reward scheme

For more information, please refer to the full job description.

Please note this role constitutes ‘regulated activity’ as defined by the Protection of Freedom Act 2012. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check with barred list information prior to starting employment. You must also have the right to work in the UK and will be required to provide evidence to support this. Online checks will be carried out during the recruitment process. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Reaseheath College is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and ensure employment decisions are based solely on the skills and qualities required for the role.

Disability Support

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will support any reasonable adjustments you require during the recruitment process. Please contact humanresources@reaseheath.ac.uk if you need assistance.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the advertised close date if we receive a sufficient number of applications.

We do not accept applications or speculative CVs through recruitment agencies.