Special Show ‘Careers in the Meat Industry’

Organiser: German Butchers' Association in cooperation with Messe Frankfurt and Heyne Fleischerschule (College of Meat Processing)
Date: 8 - 13 May 2010
Location: Hall 6.1

Training as a butcher is an excellent basis for a professional career. This fact is, however, not always generally appreciated. As a result there are empty places on training courses for the meat industry and the sector increasingly suffers from a striking lack of new entrants. The special show "Careers in the Meat Industry", a co-operative venture between the German Butchers' Association, Messe Frankfurt and the Heyne Fleischerschule (College of Meat Processing) in Frankfurt will highlight actual careers that all started with training as a butcher. Attention will be drawn to the current jobs of former trainees, whilst at the same time highlighting the path which led to this or that career.

There are possible careers in a wide range of different areas, starting with independent master butchers to product managers working at international level in the supply industry and academic staff in universities and research institutes. The variety of the initial and further training opportunities that can follow an initial qualification as a butcher will be presented in an approachable manner and visitors will be able to get information and tips in personal discussion. In this way, the special show is aimed at both potential trainees and qualified butchers seeking further professional development opportunities.