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Seafood preparer - fish and seafood processing

Schooner Seafoods Limited
Wedgeport, NS
Posted 2 days ago
Job Details:
$17.00 / hour
Full-time
Experienced

  • Durée de l'emploi: Saisonnier
  • Langue de travail: Anglais
  • Heures de travail: 20 to 35 hours per week
  • Education:
  • Expérience:
Education
  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Work site environment
  • Noisy
  • Odours
  • Dusty
  • Cold/refrigerated
  • Wet/damp
Work setting
  • Relocation costs not covered by employer
  • Willing to relocate
Tasks
  • Cut, clean and trim fish or seafood prior to marketing or further processing
  • Scrape away scales, cut fish, separate fillets and remove scrap parts using knife
  • Transport fish and shellfish to work area
  • Condition fish filets for wrapping or freezing
  • 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
  • Measure and dump ingredients into hoppers of mixing and grinding machines
  • Sort fish according to species, weight and destination
Equipment and machinery experience
  • Fish canning and cooking machine
  • Fish cleaning and cutting machine
  • Fish meal processing machine
  • Fish products machine
  • Fish smoker and dehydrator
  • Roe processing machines
  • Shellfish processing machine
Transportation/travel information
  • Own transportation
Work conditions and physical capabilities
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Physically demanding
  • Manual dexterity
  • Attention to detail
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
Weight handling
  • Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Own tools/equipment
  • Steel-toed safety boots
  • Gloves
  • Mask
Personal suitability
  • Team player
Experience
  • 1 year to less than 2 years
Other benefits
  • Parking available

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