Butcher Apprentice

If you think you have what it takes to join our next generation of retail leaders, we're offering a fresh start and a proper job right here in our stores. We are looking for a Butchery Apprentice to join our store as part of our Proper Jobs: Fresh Start Programme whilst completing a level 2 Butcher Apprenticeship Standard.

What you'll do

• You'll start by spending 13 weeks working as a Morrisons Customer Assistant, before progressing to a 12-month apprenticeship in Butchery. If you successfully complete your apprenticeship and assessments, you could then progress to our Sir Ken Morrison Leadership School. This is a six-month programme, which can kickstart your journey into retail management.
• Butchery plays a huge role in the history of Morrisons. It's not just a Proper Job - it's one of the oldest crafts in the world.
• After 13 weeks, you'll progress to a a Butchery Apprentice, and through the apprenticeship we'll help you learn about knife skills so you're able to prepare meat primals through cutting, mincing, and dicing. You'll also learn about the different animal species we work with, and the techniques you need to produce and process meat products.
• You will be providing a friendly and helpful service to all our customers, whilst you develop through your apprenticeship programme.

Training

• Complete a level 2 Butcher apprenticeship standard
• Have regular one to one sessions with a dedicated trainer either remotely or through visits to your workplace
• Learn and train for a specific job
• Get hands-on experience in a job
• Off-the-job training will follow the time allocations outlined in the Occupational Standard
• Complete assessments during and at the end of your apprenticeship

After the apprenticeship

After 13 weeks, you'll progress to a a Butchery Apprentice, and through the apprenticeship we'll help you learn about knife skills so you're able to prepare meat primals through cutting, mincing, and dicing. You'll also learn about the different animal species we work with, and the techniques you need to produce and process meat products.

Skills

• Communication skills
• Customer care skills

About the employer

To make and provide food we're all proud of, where everyone's effort is worthwhile, so more and more people can afford to enjoy eating well.

We are proud to be a Yorkshire food retailer serving customers across the UK through our network of 497 conveniently located supermarkets and various online home delivery channels.

Our business is predominantly food and grocery focussed and uniquely, we source and process half of the fresh food that we sell in our own manufacturing facilities and stores which gives us close control over provenance and quality. Our committed and trained food makers and shopkeepers prepare food in-store for customers and we have more skilled colleagues preparing food in store than any other retailer.

Every week around 9 million customers pass through our doors and over 118,000 colleagues across the business work hard each day to deliver great service to them. We cover over 97% of UK postcodes through our online delivery service. With competitive, permanently low prices we are committed to helping our customers save money every day.

Apprenticeship details

• Course: Butcher (level 2), Sales, marketing and procurement
• Apprenticeship level: Intermediate (level 2)
• Training provider: INSPIRO LEARNING LIMITED
• Expected duration: 1 Year
• Hours: 30 hours a week. Working week: Fully flexible role over seven days. Start times from 07.00 and finish up to 20.00.
• Start date: 1 November 2026
• Positions available: 1
• Wage: £19,827.60 a year