Butchery Apprenticeship

Level: 2


Employer: ELLA SIDEBOTTOM


Location: BROOK HOUSE FARM

We are after a confident, happy, helpful member of the team who is hardworking and able to work using their own initiative. Customer facing, being able to speak face-to-face. We need someone to be flexible and in general, to have a passion for their job.

Duration: 1 Year 6 Months

Expected start date: 13/10/2025

Hours per week: 37 hours

Wage: (Annually)

Job role includes

  • Maintaining cleanliness and safety, ensuring all
    Equipment is properly maintained
  • Creating meat products such as sausages and burgers
  • Weighing, packaging and pricing meat products
  • Sales and customer service
  • Cutting and preparing meat products (sellable products such as steaks, chops, and joints).

About employer

Brookhouse Farm Shop is a family-run business offering fresh, locally sourced produce, meats, baked goods, and artisan products. We’re passionate about quality, sustainability, and supporting local suppliers. Apprentices joining our team will gain hands-on experience in a friendly, rural setting – learning about retail, customer service, and food handling while being part of a close-knit, community-focused team.

  • weighting: Desired
  • qualificationType: GCSE
  • subject: English, Maths
  • grade: 4 / C and above

  • The butchery apprenticeship training will take place 1 day a week at Reaseheath College
  • This will be 12 to 18 months depending on previous experience
  • At the end of this apprenticeship, you will achieve an intermediate apprenticeship in Level 2 butchery and apprentices must achieve Level 2 Food Safety Award, Level 2 Health & Safety in the Food Supply Chain Award, and Level 2 Knife Skills Award prior to taking the end-point assessment
  • Apprentices without functional skills level 1 or equivalent English and mathematics will need to achieve this level and take the test for level 2 English and mathematics prior to taking the end-point assessment
  • Progression after achieving the Level 2 Apprenticeship, candidates can progress through to a Level 3 advanced apprenticeship in butchery

    • We would like the successful applicant to become a full-time trained butcher within our Brook House family
  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Logical
  • Team working

Vacancy title

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Duration: 18 months

Expected start date: 28/3/2022

Hours per week: 37.5 hours

Wage: 146.25 (weekly)

Job role includes

  • Explore what an apprenticeship is and how they work.
  • Understand what it means to be an apprentice.
  • Discover different apprenticeship types, get application hints and tips, and apply for vacancies.

About employer

Employer description

  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to prioritise tasks
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Good problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to prioritise tasks
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Good problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to prioritise tasks
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Good problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to prioritise tasks
  • Excellent organisational skills
  • Good problem-solving skills