Description

Labourers in fish and seafood processing perform clean-up, packaging, material handling and other elemental activities related to fish and seafood processing. They are employed in fish and seafood processing and packaging plants.

Job Titles

• Cannery labourer
• Cannery labourer – fish processing
• Cooler operator – fish processing
• Fish bin worker – fish processing
• Fish briner
• Fish briner – fish processing
• Fish culler
• Fish curing worker
• Fish dipper – fish processing
• Fish freezing worker – fish processing
• Fish hopper filling worker
• Fish icer – fish processing
• Fish packer – fish processing
• Fish pickler – fish processing
• Fish processing labourer
• Fish processing plant labourer
• Fish salter
• Fish salter – fish processing
• Fish sorter
• Fish weigher
• Fish-processing plant handler
• Fish-processing plant labourer
• Shellfish checker – fish processing
• Shellfish packer
• Shellfish packer – fish processing
• Shellfish processing labourer

Main Duties

• Unload fish and shellfish from fishing vessels and transport them by hand or forklift truck to work area in fish processing plant
• Immerse fresh fish fillets in brine solution to condition them for wrapping or freezing
• Weigh fish or shellfish, record weight and pack fish in ice
• Sort fish according to species, weight and destination
• Clean work areas and equipment
• Transport supplies and packaging materials throughout plant and storage area manually or with powered equipment
• Measure and dump ingredients into hoppers of mixing and grinding machines.

Workplaces

• Fish and seafood processing and packaging plants

Skills

• Quality Control Testing
• Equipment and Tool Selection
• Management of Material Resources
• Operation and Control
• Preventative Maintenance

Abilities

• Dynamic Strength
• Stamina
• Static Strength
• Trunk Strength
• Arm-Hand Steadiness

Personal Attributes

• Adaptability
• Collaboration
• Concern for Others
• Active Learning
• Analytical Thinking

Similar Occupations

• Supervisors, food and beverage processing (92012)
• Fish and seafood plant workers (94142)

Source: OaSIS

Employment Outlook

The employment outlook will be very good for Labourers in fish and seafood processing (75107) in Prince Edward Island for the 2022-2024 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
• A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Labourers in fish and seafood processing in Prince Edward Island:

• Approximately 200 people work in this occupation.
• Labourers in fish and seafood processing mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Food, beverage and tobacco product manufacturing (NAICS 311, 312): 85%
  • Fishing, hunting and trapping (NAICS 114): 6%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 94% compared to 84% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 6% compared to 16% for all occupations
• 14% of labourers in fish and seafood processing work all year, while 86% work only part of the year, compared to 59% and 41% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 26 weeks compared to 41 weeks for all occupations.
• Less than 5% of labourers in fish and seafood processing are self-employed compared to an average of 13% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 55% compared to 51% for all occupations
  • Women: 45% compared to 49% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 28% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 51% compared to 28% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor’s: 8% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • bachelor’s degree: 8% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a

Source: Job Bank

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