About this role
Education: No degree, certificate or diploma. Work site environment: Noisy. Dusty. Cold/refrigerated. Wet/damp.
Tasks
- Cut, clean and trim fish or seafood prior to marketing or further processing.
- Unload fish and shellfish from fishing vessels and transport them by hand to the work area.
- Scrape away scales, cut fish, separate fillets and remove scrap parts using knife.
- Transport fish and shellfish to work area.
- Check products and packaging for defects and to ensure conformance to company standards and perform corrective machine adjustments as required.
- Disjoint and remove meat from lobsters or other crustaceans preparatory to canning or further processing.
- Record production information.
- Set up and operate machines to can, bag, box or otherwise package fish and seafood products.
- Set up and operate machines to clean, cut, cook, smoke, brine, dehydrate or otherwise process fish or seafood products.
- Weigh fish or shellfish, record weight and pack fish in ice.
- Clean machines and immediate work areas.
- Transportation/travel information: Own transportation.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Repetitive tasks.
- Physically demanding.
- Attention to detail.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Weight handling: Up to 23 kg (50 lbs).
- Personal suitability: Client focus.
- Flexibility.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
- Screening questions: Are you available for shift or on-call work?.
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Employment terms options: Early morning.
- Evening.
- Shift.
- Morning.
- Night.
- Experience: Experience an asset.
- Employment terms options: Day.
- Weekend.
- Other benefits: Free parking available.
- Support for persons with disabilities: Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities.
- Support for youths: Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment.
- Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.
- Support for Veterans: Assists with immediate transition needs of Veterans (for example: relocation, housing, etc.) . Support for Indigenous people: Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Indigenous people.
- Support for mature workers: Offers phased re-entry options for mature workers who are returning to work after retiring (for example: gradually increasing hours and responsibilities) . Supports for visible minorities: Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports members of visible minorities.