St. John Bosco
VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE
VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE
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Premium cuts at unbeatable prices. Monday – Friday, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM.
St. John Bosco Meats (SJB), the on-campus butcher shop, is a thriving social enterprise offering a wide variety of fresh and processed meat cuts to both retail and wholesale customers.
All our meat is ethically sourced from pigs and chickens raised by students on our campus farm. Our high-quality products are ideal for home cooks, restaurants, caterers, and food vendors.
At Bosco Meats, we offer premium cuts at unbeatable prices! Visit us Monday to Friday, from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, and experience the exceptional taste of locally sourced, sustainable meat. Order today!
This thriving social enterprise is more than a store — it’s a hands-on training ground. Students enjoy a unique opportunity to learn and work on the same campus through our business enterprises.
In collaboration with the HEART/NSTA Trust, St. John Bosco Vocational Training Centre offers hands-on, industry-aligned training in animal husbandry, agriculture, meat cutting & processing, and culinary arts. These programmes are designed to prepare you for real-world success — both on campus and beyond.
Students enjoy a unique opportunity to learn and work on the same campus through our business enterprises — most notably St. John Bosco Meats (SJB), Catering, farm and our on-campus butcher shop and social enterprise. Here, students raise livestock, produce premium cuts, and serve real customers — gaining valuable experience from farm to fork.
Established in 1984, Bosco Meats quickly achieved remarkable success. Today, it serves as a vital financial pillar for St. John Bosco’s training programs, contributing a significant share of the organization’s income.
Student interns from our butchering training programme actively contribute to the shop’s operations, gaining invaluable hands-on experience in modern meat cutting and processing techniques. As a testament to the success of our training programme, the shop is partly managed by a few of our accomplished alumni, who serve as inspiring professional role models for the next generation of students.
In addition to being a hub for student training, this social enterprise supports the broader community by providing certification training for employees of local supermarkets. Excitingly, we are now exploring an international partnership that could expand Bosco Meats’ butcher training services to individuals beyond Jamaica’s borders.
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