Butcher and dress animals, fowl, or shellfish, or cut and bone meat prior to cooking.

“Butcher and dress animals, fowl, or shellfish, or cut and bone meat prior to cooking.” is a supplemental task performed by Cooks, Restaurant. Among the occupation's 20 rated tasks, workers place it 2nd by importance (#19 most important). About 59% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Prepare foods or beverages. in Handling and Moving Objects

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T0.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Ensure food is stored and cooked at correct temperature by regulating temperature of ovens, broilers, grills, and roasters. · importance 4.7
• Inspect and clean food preparation areas, such as equipment, work surfaces, and serving areas, to ensure safe and sanitary food-handling practices. · importance 4.7
• Portion, arrange, and garnish food, and serve food to waiters or patrons. · importance 4.7
• Ensure freshness of food and ingredients by checking for quality, keeping track of old and new items, and rotating stock. · importance 4.7
• Season and cook food according to recipes or personal judgment and experience. · importance 4.7
• Coordinate and supervise work of kitchen staff. · importance 4.6
• Bake, roast, broil, and steam meats, fish, vegetables, and other foods. · importance 4.5
• Weigh, measure, and mix ingredients according to recipes or personal judgment, using various kitchen utensils and equipment. · importance 4.5
• Turn or stir foods to ensure even cooking. · importance 4.4
• Observe and test foods to determine if they have been cooked sufficiently, using methods such as tasting, smelling, or piercing them with utensils. · importance 4.4
• Substitute for or assist other cooks during emergencies or rush periods. · importance 4.3
• Wash, peel, cut, and seed fruits and vegetables to prepare them for consumption. · importance 4.2
• Keep records and accounts. · importance 4.1
• Prepare relishes and hors d'oeuvres. · importance 4.1

See all tasks on the Cooks, Restaurant page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-2182,
  title  = {Butcher and dress animals, fowl, or shellfish, or cut and bone meat prior to cooking.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-2182}
}