Specialist Food Sales Apprenticeship, Meat Specialism

During this apprenticeship at Herkules E-Center Bad Wildungen, which usually lasts three years, you learn to sell meat and sausage products, advise customers and create appealing meat counter displays. After passing the final exam, you qualify as a specialist food sales assistant with a meat specialism. The training can be shortened under certain conditions.

• Advise customers on fresh sausage and meat products and how to prepare them
• Care for, check and display goods
• Learn how to process meat correctly
• Learn hygiene rules
• Make the sales counter appealing and arrange it to encourage sales
• Develop your own creations for platters, food gifts and finger food
• Learn about advising, serving and working with customers
• Become familiar with checking fresh food and planning its stock levels
• Learn the processes involved in selling meat and sausage products
• Master the preparation of decorative platters and ready-to-cook products

• You enjoy working with people
• Personal hygiene and cleanliness
• Manual dexterity
• Enjoyment of working with food
• A sense of order
• Ability to learn quickly
• Enjoyment of customer contact
• Business skills and organisational ability