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Oscar Solis

Dodge City,KS

Summary

With over 10+ years in the beef industry, I strive to expand my knowledge. Im a motivated, hard working, and knowledgeable individual who seeking to become QA.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Regrade Bay

National Beef Packing Co
Dodge City , KS
03.2020 - Current
  • My job in the regrade bay is to help the beef selectors and the USDA graders. My primary job is to write down the cattle IDs and the program the carcasses were assigned to. As well as organizing the carcasses for regrades. If someone is missing I would take over for the day or time needed. If a leadman is gone I would take over for them as well.

Cattle Pens Leadman

Cargill Meat Solutions
Dodge City, KS
01.2019 - 03.2020
  • As a Leadman for the cattle pens I managed a team of 9 workers while simultaneously making sure the cattle were being handled humanely. To start off the morning I would walk with the USDA vet while he inspects cattle for Ante-Mortem. After he signs for the cattle I would pull the pen and fill up the drive alley and get ready to start up. Then every morning I would check up on everyone and ask how they're doing to build up morale for the day. Once everyone is in their position and working I would walk around and check on the cattle and lookout for any hazards that could hurt an employee or cattle. I would repeat after the 15 minute break and after lunch. If there was an downers, I would radio to a QA supervisor or a supervisor to get a hold of the USDA vet and let them know a cow has to be knocked. If the downer occurred in the crowd pen, I would notify the Hideline 1 supervisor that there might be a gap. While at the same time calling hide loadout leadman to bring a forklift. Meanwhile my employees are backing up the cattle so I can go in and knock the animal. When the animal is knocked the hides leadman comes in with the forklift and I chain up the leg and pull the carcass out of there. The same protocol goes if theres a downer in the cattle pens, drive alley, or even in the semi trailers. The carcass is later denatured and condemned.

Knocker, Shackler, Gutter

Cargill Meat Solutions
Dodge City , KS
09.2018 - 01.2019
  • As a knocker my job was to make a quick and humane shot to make to cattle insensible to pain. To find the proper location to aim for, we were taught to draw an imaginary line from the left ear to the right eye and right ear and left eye. Where the lines meet in the middle is where we aimed for. This was a very serious job if the air pressure was low, or if the knocking gun wasn't working right. I would stop knocking and notify a supervisor immediately. During audits or if there was any visitors an extra layer of caution was added.
  • After learning how to knock I learned how to shackle since they have to work along side with the knocker. The job was simple it consisted of grabbing the chain, throwing it around the carcasses rear leg and keeping tension on the chain so it doesn't come undone. If a carcass wasn't shackle and fell onto the ground it was my responsibility to let the knocker know we had to pick it up as soon as possible.
  • As a gutter I learned that we would open up the belly, pull the stomach out to expose the liver and then drop the small intestine, make a delicate cut and try not to pop the bile bag and to avoid contaminating the carcass. When the stomach and small intestines were dropped and presented nicely for the USDA. The next step was to removed the liver and flip it upside down for the USDA Inspectors. At last we would remove the heart and lungs and present it in the correct manner for the USDA. Then once we're doing gutting the carcass we would wash and sterilize our knives and repeat.

Cattle Pens

Cargill Meat Solutions
Dodge City, KS
01.2017 - 09.2018
  • Started as a pointman, learned how to properly and humanely feed cattle into the knocking chute.
  • Then transitioned to the crowd pen, where we moved a herd of cattle into a smaller pen to help send cattle up the serpentine in a humane manner. (If a steer/heifer was sick or incapable of making it up the chute, we would notified a leadman and or a supervisor).
  • After the crowd pen I learned how to pull the cattle out of the pens. Where it consisted of properly identifying the cattle that have been signed for when the USDA preformed Ante-Mortem. A line-up sheet was provided with information of the cattle such as headcount, gender, average weight, cattle pen number, and ear tag number and color. When the cattle were properly identified, we would push the herd out of the pen in a slowly and humanely manner to avoid any slips, trips, or falls that could injure the cattle.
  • At last I was moved to cattle receiving where it was a two part job. Where if I was outside I would look at my receiving sheet and match up feedyards and lot numbers to fill up pens. Then while moving the cattle from the docks to the pens, I would keep an eye out for any cattle with injuries or severe sickness. If any steer/heifer had an injury I notify my supervisor and separate the animal. When I was in the scale house I would be charge of weighing in trucks, creating line-ups, entering information into the computer that sends it to the killfloor and CIS scale. If there was any downer that had to be knocked, I would call the QA supervisor to let them there is a carcass to denature.

Education

High School Diploma -

Dodge City High School
Dodge City, KS
05-2017

Skills

  • Trilingual
  • Respectfulness
  • Team player mentality
  • Strong Work Ethic
  • Observational skills
  • Collaborative Teamwork
  • Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Multitasking
  • Decision-Making
  • Problem-Solving
  • Reliability

Affiliations

  • Brazilian Jiu Jutsu
  • Tennis
  • Weightlifting
  • Hiking

Languages

English
Professional
Spanish
Professional
Korean
Elementary

Timeline

Regrade Bay

National Beef Packing Co
03.2020 - Current

Cattle Pens Leadman

Cargill Meat Solutions
01.2019 - 03.2020

Knocker, Shackler, Gutter

Cargill Meat Solutions
09.2018 - 01.2019

Cattle Pens

Cargill Meat Solutions
01.2017 - 09.2018

High School Diploma -

Dodge City High School

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