Butchers Banned From Using Knives
16-04-2010, 17:39
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Butchers Banned From Using Knives
honest to god you couldn't make it up
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Butchers at Sainsbury's stores are not allowed to use certain knives to cut meat because they have not had enough health and safety training.
The customer said: "He (the butcher) has been doing it for 30 years and we were chatting recently about how he had been teaching all the young butchers how to cut the meat and joints.
"But when I asked him to de-bone the joint he said he couldn't in case he cut himself with a knife and he would not be insured."
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wasn't sure whether to put this in humour
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16-04-2010, 17:48
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Re: Butchers Banned From Using Knives
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I am laughing at this right now... I think 30 Years experience outweighs Health and Safety somehow. (In this scenario)
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16-04-2010, 17:52
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Re: Butchers Banned From Using Knives
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I am laughing at this right now... I think 30 Years experience outweighs Health and Safety somehow. (In this scenario)
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...hemselves.html
I think. It appears the bloke in question had not been trained to de-bone a lamb joint. Nothing about actually banning knives, but heyho, it's the daily fail.
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16-04-2010, 17:55
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Re: Butchers Banned From Using Knives
I think everybody knew what the source would have been, without even having to ask. 
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wasn't sure whether to put this in humour 
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But going by the source, it most probably has been.
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Re: Butchers Banned From Using Knives
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I think everybody knew what the source would have been, without even having to ask. 
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wrong wasn't my source
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16-04-2010, 18:06
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It seems to me that Sainsbury's has certain training procedures in place and their insurance company insist that these are adhered to. If this person had only been employed by them for a short time, it is entirely possible that he had not been given the opportunity to attend the relevant training session. It is also possible that he does not have any formal qualifications and has been working in the family business for those thirty years, without going to college and for some reason has ended up working for a supermarket.
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wrong wasn't my source
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It would have been helpful, if you had provided the source in the OP.
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16-04-2010, 18:24
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Re: Butchers Banned From Using Knives
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It seems to me that Sainsbury's has certain training procedures in place and their insurance company insist that these are adhered to. If this person had only been employed by them for a short time, it is entirely possible that he had not been given the opportunity to attend the relevant training session. It is also possible that he does not have any formal qualifications and has been working in the family business for those thirty years, without going to college and for some reason has ended up working for a supermarket.
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It would have been helpful, if you had provided the source in the OP.
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seems to me that sainsbury's do what a lot of companies do nowadays and ignore experience in favour of bits of paper
A similar thing happened to me ,i have been doing my job for 25 yrs or so but still had get a NVQ2 to say i knew how to do it ,and believe me i could have taught the examiner a thing or two
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16-04-2010, 18:27
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Re: Butchers Banned From Using Knives
But how would have proved to any prospective employer you were qualified in your chosen field? If I employ someone who says they are qualified, the first thing I ask for is to see their certificates.
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16-04-2010, 18:28
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Re: Butchers Banned From Using Knives
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seems to me that sainsbury's do what a lot of companies do nowadays and ignore experience in favour of bits of paper
A similar thing happened to me ,i have been doing my job for 25 yrs or so but still had get a NVQ2 to say i knew how to do it ,and believe me i could have taught the examiner a thing or two
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As pointed out, this may be an insurance thing. I agree that it sounds silly, but I guess it's just one of those things that can't be avoided.
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16-04-2010, 18:44
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Re: Butchers Banned From Using Knives
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But how would have proved to any prospective employer you were qualified in your chosen field? If I employ someone who says they are qualified, the first thing I ask for is to see their certificates.
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As most decent employees do here in Norway: Set you a task, and judge you on how you perform said task.
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16-04-2010, 18:46
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Re: Butchers Banned From Using Knives
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But how would have proved to any prospective employer you were qualified in your chosen field? If I employ someone who says they are qualified, the first thing I ask for is to see their certificates.
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well usually (or should i say what has happened in the past) is a one day trial or similar to see if you know what you are talking about
nowadays i see young lads on site with the same quals as me but no experience (paid the same) and can't do the job 
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As most decent employees do here in Norway: Set you a task, and judge you on how you perform said task.
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  agreed by far a better system
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16-04-2010, 19:00
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Re: Butchers Banned From Using Knives
Is the 'Mirror' classed as an 'approved' publication?
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Or will the original source of the story do?
South Wales Echo
The bit that is missing(censored?) from the Mirror article is:-
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“He has been doing it for 30 years and we were chatting recently about how he had been teaching all the young butchers how to cut the meat and joints.”
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16-04-2010, 19:02
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Re: Butchers Banned From Using Knives
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Originally Posted by nomadking
Is the 'Mirror' classed as an 'approved' publication?
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Or will the original source of the story do?
South Wales Echo
The bit that is missing(censored?) from the Mirror article is:-
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ok ok i put my source up(post 1) stop nagging
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16-04-2010, 21:07
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Re: Butchers Banned From Using Knives
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As most decent employees do here in Norway: Set you a task, and judge you on how you perform said task.
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Sorry, but I treat my business and my tenants with far more regard than that, to allow a potentially unqualified electrician, for example , to effect any repairs or installations, without first ensuring they are qualified to carry out the work. I do not treat qualifications as a ticket to employment, but why would I consider employing someone with qualifications, above someone who has none (apart from the fact that for some jobs is it a legal requirement)?
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16-04-2010, 21:29
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Re: Butchers Banned From Using Knives
a good few supermarket " butchers " are no such thing. They are basically meat slicers and have no knowledge on how to split a carcass into primals and bone out those that needed it.
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