65023 Cut, trim, and prepare carcasses and consumer-sized portions of meat for sale or for use in food service establishments. Exclude butchers working in slaughtering, meat packing, or prepared-meat establishments.
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Employment for Butchers and Meat Cutters is expected to grow considerably slower than the average for all occupations through the year 2005. Over 85 percent of the job opportunities in this occupation will result from the need to replace workers who leave the occupation or the labor market. At this time, work for wholesale Butchers and Meat Cutters has leveled off throughout the State. Virtually all supermarket owners order their meat from major meat processing plants located in other states. This has reduced the demand for butchers in California.