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''For more details, see [[Who Can Be a Shochet]]''
''For more details, see [[Who Can Be a Shochet]]''
In order to be a shochet, one must be an adult, God-fearing, Jewish male knowledgeable of the laws of Shechitah, skilled in the act of Shechitah, and certified with a "Kabbalah" from a Halachic authority. Special training is needed from a teacher with a tradition; one cannot just learn this skill from books or on his own.
In order to be a shochet, one must be an adult, God-fearing, Jewish male knowledgeable of the laws of Shechitah, skilled in the act of Shechitah, and certified with a "Kabbalah" from a Halachic authority. Special training is needed from a teacher with a tradition; one cannot just learn this skill from books or on his own.
In addition to the actual slaughter, there are a number of other or differentiated roles one can play:
 
In addition to the actual slaughter, there are a number of specific roles one can play:
* Shochet Ofot - certified for slaughtering fowl
* Shochet Ofot - certified for slaughtering fowl
* Shochet Behemot Dakkot - certified for small mammals
* Shochet Behemot Dakkot - certified for small mammals