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Fish plant worker

  • Education:
  • Expérience:

Education

  • No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

  • Odours
  • Cold/refrigerated
  • Wet/damp

Work setting

  • Willing to relocate

Tasks

  • Cut, clean and trim fish or seafood prior to marketing or further processing
  • Inspect fish fillets to determine the optimal number and size of fillets
  • Scrape away scales, cut fish, separate fillets and remove scrap parts using knife
  • 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

Security and safety

  • Criminal record check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Repetitive tasks
  • Physically demanding
  • Attention to detail
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling

Weight handling

  • Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Personal suitability

  • Reliability
  • Team player

Screening questions

  • Do you have experience working in this field?

Experience

  • Experience an asset

Support for newcomers and refugees

  • Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
  • Does not require Canadian work experience

Support for youths

  • Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth
  • Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
  • Langue de travail: Anglais ou Français
  • Heures de travail: 40 hours per week