Seafood Processing

WORK SCHEDULE:

·       8 hours or more, as necessary, on a daily basis for the duration of the contract.

·       You may work extended hours during peak operations.

·       May work extended hours with uneven shifts

MATERIALS/TOOLS/EQUIPMENT/WORK AIDS:

·       Fillet knives, pressure water hoses, shovels,buckets, pallets, pallet jacks, movable and stationary convey or systems, hoists, and         fish processing machinery such as head and gut machines.

PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT:

·       Noise suppression devices, Safety goggles, and freezer boots.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

·       Processors convert the raw product into a processed, marketable product.

·       Sort fish, tend and operate head and gut machines

·       Inspect the products, load and unload freezers

·       Weigh, package and label the product

·       Load/unload the product and other supplies on/off the ship.

·       Clean the factory area on a regular basis

·       Perform other work as directed.

Processors may work in any of a number of areas of the operation including the factory, the freezer containers, on the back-deck, oron adjoining docks during offloads and back-loads.

COMMON DUTIES:

·       Must be capable of following specific written,oral and visual directions in the event of an emergency.

·       May assist in all loading and unloading operations.

·       Processing Machine Operations

·       Operate conveyor belt systems to regulate the movement or flow of fish to head and gut machines.

·       Discard incidental fish and fish that cannot be processed.

·       Place the fish correctly into the slots of a moving conveyor feeding the head and gut machines.

·       Observe work in progress and clear blockages manually.

·       Inspect the product to ensure that it conforms to established quality control guidelines.

·       Place frozen, product into totes and operate a strapping machine.

·       Move the packed product on the conveyor system for transfer to the freezer containers.

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