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Plant Positions Glossary
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the Office of Food Industry Programs of the Georgia Tech Research Institute. Because of
different processing requirements and increasing automation, not all of the positions listed
will be found in a given facility. We have attempted to cover in this Poultry Processing
Industry eTool, only those positions that in our experience may be found in most plants.
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Back-up Killer: Checks for chickens missed by the auto-killer and manually kills
them.
Back-up Pac Man: Pulls gizzards missed by automated machine on production line.
Bagger: Places product into plastic bags.
Bone Popper: Disjoints thigh bones.
Box Labeler: Produces labels for boxes containing finished product and places on
box.
Box Maker: Constructs self-locking boxes for holding finished product.
Breast Bin: Places breasts into bin for deboning; takes product out of bin for
placement back on production line.
Breast Cutter: Debones breast portions.
Breast Machine Operator: Loads front-halves into automatic machine for cutting.
Breast Puller/Inspector: Pulls and inspects breast filets for bone, cartilage.
Cartilage Remover: Checks deboned product for cartilage and removes same.
Checker (shipping): Checks finished product against manifest/order.
Chiller Belt Operator: Operates the movement of the production line for chickens
rehung after exiting the chiller.
Chiller Hanger: Rehangs chickens onto production line after exiting the chiller.
Clean Up: Sanitizes production line, production areas, and equipment.
Cleaning Rack: Sanitizes small equipment.
Clipper: Places metal clip on poly-bagged finished product to seal bags.
Coat Service: Launders coats used by plant personnel.
Cone Loader: Places product onto cones for deboning.
Cooler: Maintains refrigerated equipment used to store product at specific
temperatures.
Cropper: Removes the crop by hand when missed by automated machinery.
Cut Up: Fabricates whole chicken into bone-in parts.
Deboner: Removes bones from product.
Drawhand: Pulls viscera by hand when missed by automated machinery,
before inspection.
Drumstick Cutter: Separates the leg and thigh portions.
Dump Operator: Transfers birds from cages onto conveyor belt for movement to
livehang.
Dumps Meat: Places product from totes and other bulk temporary storage onto specific
production lines.
Egg Person: Removes eggs from spent hens undergoing processing.
Fat Cutter: Removes fat pads from trimmed product.
Fat Puller: Removes fat from product by hand.
Fat Remover: Removes fat from product by hand.
Fat Scraper: Removes fat from product by hand.
Feeding Jumbo Pack: Places traypacked product on line to be wrapped with protective
plastic wrap.
Feeding Spiral: Places product onto line to be frozen in spiral freezer.
Feeding Weldotron: Places product onto line to be put into traypacks.
Feet Insp/Grade: Inspects, then grades feet portions.
Feet Packer: Places inspected/graded feet into boxes.
Film Changer: Reloads stretchwrap plastic for Weldotron.
Finger Cutter: Cuts breast/filet portion into strips for "chicken
fingers".
Flank Cutter: Removes fat from the flank of the breast portion.
Floor Sweeper: Keeps plant floor clean.
Fork Lift Operator: Operates fork lift machinery.
Gizzard Inspect: Inspects gizzards.
Gizzard Peeler: Manually peels gizzards missed by automated machine on production
line.
Gizzard Puller: Pulls gizzards missed by automated machine on production line.
Grading: Inspects product for defects and sorts accordingly.
Hangback Rack: Hangs product for USDA inspection.
Hanger: Hangs product onto shackle line.
Heart/Liver Trimmer: Separates and trims the heart and liver from the eviscerated
package.
House Inspector: Inspects product on evisceration line for defects prior to
placement on the chiller line.
Ice Machine Operator: Maintains the machinery that produces ice.
Ice Room Operator: Maintains the proper production of ice for the plant.
Inspector USDA inspector: Monitors, oversees production operation for operations
regulations.
Inventory Control: Accounts for product pack materials needed for daily operations.
Jack Operator: Transports product and materials in-house using a floor jack.
Knife Line: Debones down-graded product by hand.
Knife Sharpener: Keeps all cutting instruments sharpened.
Knuckle Cutter: Debones the joint at the end of the drumstick.
Lead Person: Hourly assistant to the Department Supervisor; able to perform all jobs in the
department.
Leg Cutter: Separates the leg from the thigh portions.
Lid Closer: Places covers on boxes of finished product.
Lifting Racks: Places traypack racks on carts to be transferred to coolers.
Line Relief: Replaces production line workers temporarily.
Line Service: Replaces production line workers temporarily.
Line Workers: Performs tasks specific to the production line.
Line Feeder: Places product onto the production line.
Live Hanger: Hangs live birds by their feet onto shackle line.
Liver Cutter: Removes liver from evisceration package.
Liver Puller: Automated equipment to separate liver from evisceration package.
Loader Operator: Operates the forklift to place live birds at the live hang area.
Lung Gunner: Cleans lung from carcass cavity using a vacuum gun.
Machine Operator: Oversees the operation of specific machinery.
Main Scale: Checks weight, specifications, labeling on boxes of finished product coming off
the production line.
Master Scale: Checks weight, specifications, labeling on boxes of finished product coming
off the production line.
Meat Puller: Shreds meat from bone on cooked product.
Mill Operator: Operates a feed mill.
Mill Operator, Assist.: Assists in the operation of a feed mill.
Move and Chain Truck: Moves the truck holding live birds from the cooling area, to the scale, unbucks the
chains separating the truck from the trailer.
Net Weight Checker: Checks the weight on traypacks and boxed finished product.
Offal: Washes offal screens, moves offal trailers in a specific area.
Open and Cut: Vents cloaka (sic) for evisceration.
Opener: Vents cloaka (sic) for evisceration.
Oyster Cutter: Removes the piece of meat between the thigh and the back of chicken.
Packer: Places finished product into bags/boxes.
Paw Operator: Removes feet (only) from shank.
Picking Room Operator: Maintains the machinery used to scald birds and pick feathers.
Pickup Chickens: Picks up live birds that escaped during cage dumping operation in the live
hang area.
Pinning: Removes feathers missed by the picking machine.
Polybagger: Places clips to close bags of finished product.
Presenter see Drawhands: Readies eviscerated package for USDA inspection.
Presenter Trainee see Drawhands: Readies eviscerated package for USDA inspection.
Product Sorter: Separates product according to grade and type.
Production: Processing plant workers.
QC/QA: Responsible for overseeing quality control and quality assurance of product.
Rack Off: Transfers traypack product from freezer to weigh/price/label area.
Recorder: Monitors information about plant production.
Refrigeration: Maintains machinery used for cooling product.
Rehanger: Transfers product from the picking line to the evisceration line.
Reprecessor: Fixes product on production line before continuing on production line.
Rolling Barrels: Transports condemnation barrels.
Salvage: Removes salvageable parts from defective product identified during
inspection.
Saw: Operates saw to manually halve or quarter chicken.
Saw KFC: Operates saw to cut product into 8 pieces commonly used by Kentucky Fried
Chicken.
Saw Wing: Operates saw to cut wing into 3 pieces.
Scale and Bagger: Weighs and places product into plastic bags.
Scale Operator: Weighs product prior to packing.
Scapula Meat: Remover removes meat from the back side of breast product.
Scorer: Marks areas on whole product for deboning.
Shipping: Transfers finished, packages product onto trucks for delivery.
Skin Inspector: Inspects skin to make sure no usable meat remains.
Skin Puller: Removes usable meat from skin.
Spiral Feeder: Feeds product into a spiral feeder.
Stacker: Transfers boxes of finished product onto pallets.
Strip Cutter: Separates tenderloins from breast.
Stuffer: Places giblets into wrap pack, then wrap pack into cavity.
Thigh Breaker: Disjoints thighs for deboning.
Thigh Cutter: Scores and cuts the thigh bone joint.
Thigh Deboner: Removes the bones from thigh meat.
Thigh Inspector: Inspects boneless thigh meat for bone fragments, blood clots, etc..
Tow Motor Operator: Pallet jack operator.
Transfer: Moves product from one line to another.
Tray Pack: Places product parts on trays to be over wrapped and weighed.
Trimmer: Removes defects from product with knife or scissors.
Truck Driver: Drives the trucks delivering product.
Unloading Vehicle: Unloads product and/or materials for use in the processing plant.
USDA Helper: Plant employee works with USDA Inspector on eviscerating line to remove
and/or trim defective product.
Vent Cutter: Opens the back end of bird to remove evisceration.
Viscera Puller Drawhand: Eviscerates product by hand when missed by automated
machinery, before inspection.
Wash Out: Uses an offline antimicrobial treatment to clean product before
placing product on line.
Weighs Trucks: Transfers a loaded truck to the scales for weighing; after unloading
birds, weighs truck again to determine weight of birds.
Wing Cutter: Separates wing portion from whole bird or front half.
Wing Disjointer: Separates the wing into 3 sections
Wing Hanger: Transfers wing portions to the Wing Disjointer.
Wing Scorer: Transfers wing portions to the Wing Disjointer.
Wing Tip Clipper: Separates wing tip portion from whole bird or front half.
Wing Tip Cutter: Separates wing tip portion from whole bird or front half.
Wing Weigher: Weighs and labels boxes of finished product
Yield Checker: Monitors the loss of meat from deboning operations.
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