9463 – Fish and seafood plant workers

Fish and seafood plant workers set up and operate machinery to process and package fish and seafood products. Fish and seafood plant cutters and cleaners cut, trim and clean fish or seafood by hand. They are employed in fish and seafood processing plants.

Profile

Index of titles

Example titles

Basket filter tender – fish and seafood processing

Can filler – fish and seafood processing

Can-filling machine operator – fish processing

Centrifuge machine tender – fish processing

Clam shucker – fish and seafood processing

Clam steamer – fish and seafood processing

Clam-shucking machine tender – fish and seafood processing

Crab butcher – fish and seafood processing

Crab steamer – fish and seafood processing

Fillet chopper – fish processing

Filleting machine operator – fish processing

Filleting machine setter – fish processing

Filling machine operator – fish and seafood products

Fish boner – fish processing

Fish broiler – fish processing

Fish by-products processor

Fish cake former – fish processing

Fish cake maker

Fish cake maker – fish processing

Fish cake processor – fish processing

Fish canning machine operator

Fish canning machine operator – fish processing

Fish cleaner and cutter

Fish cleaner and cutter – fish processing

Fish cook – fish processing

Fish curer – fish processing

Fish cutter – fish processing

Fish cutting machine operator – fish processing

Fish cutting machine setter – fish processing

Fish dresser – fish processing

Fish dryer and grinder tender – fish processing

Fish dryer tender – fish processing

Fish egg processor – fish processing

Fish fryer – fish processing

Fish header – fish processing

Fish offal processor – fish processing

Fish oil extractor tender – fish processing

Fish paste grinder – fish processing

Fish plant machine operator – fish processing

Fish plant worker

Fish presser operator – fish processing

Fish processor

Fish products maker – fish processing

Fish skinner operator – fish processing

Fish smoke chamber tender – fish processing

Fish smoker – fish processing

Fish splitter – fish processing

Fish stick machine tender – fish processing

Fish trimmer – fish processing

Fish-cleaning machine tender – fish processing

Fish-processing machine operator

Fish-processing machine tender

Fish-processing plant worker

Fish-skinning machine operator – fish processing

Frozen fish cutter – fish processing

Hand shellfish processor – fish and seafood processing

Lobster processor – fish processing

Machine operator – fish processing

Oyster canner – fish processing

Oyster packer – fish processing

Oyster shucker – fish processing

Oyster washer tender – fish processing

Scallop shucker – fish and seafood processing

Seafood preparer – fish and seafood processing

Shellfish processor

Shellfish separator tender – fish and seafood processing

Shellfish shucker

Shellfish shucker – fish and seafood processing

Shellfish-processing machine tender

Shrimp peeler – fish and seafood processing

Shrimp peeler tender – fish and seafood processing

Shrimp processor – fish and seafood processing

Shucker – fish and seafood processing

Skinner operator – fish processing

Skinning machine setter – fish processing

Trimmer – fish processing

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

Fish and seafood plant machine operators

Set up and operate machines to clean, cut, cook, smoke, brine, dehydrate or otherwise process fish or seafood products

Set up and operate machines to can, bag, box or otherwise package fish and seafood products

Check products and packaging for defects and to ensure conformance to company standards and perform corrective machine adjustments as required

Record production information such as quantity, weight, date and type of products packaged.

Fish and seafood plant cutters and cleaners

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

Check fish fillets to determine optimal number and size of fillet sections, cut sections according to specifications and place in container for weighing

Disjoint and remove meat from lobsters or other crustaceans preparatory to canning or further processing.

Employment requirements

Some secondary school education may be required.

On-the-job training is required.

Additional information

Progression to supervisory positions is possible with experience.

Exclusions

Labourers in fish and seafood processing (9618)

Supervisors, food and beverage processing (9213)