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Labourers in fish and seafood processing – 95107

 

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

Work Environment

  • Standard safety equipment
  • Sound and noise
  • Outside, exposed to weather
  • Indoors, environmentally controlled
  • Dangerous chemical substances
  • Biological agents
  • Indoors, not environmentally controlled
  • Skin injury

Physical Demands

  • Standing
  • Handling material manually
  • Bending or twisting the body
  • Making repetitive motions
  • Walking and running

Requirements

  • Some secondary school education may be required.

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 Good for labourers in fish and seafood processing (NOC 95107) in Prince Edward Island for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

  • Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
  • A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
  • There are several unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.
  • Due to the seasonal nature of this occupation, employment opportunities may vary depending on the time of the year.

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

  • Approximately 600 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
  • Labourers in fish and seafood processing mainly work in the following sectors:
    • Food, beverage and tobacco product manufacturing (NAICS 311, 312): 84%
    • 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

Prevailing Wages

AREALOWMEDIANHIGH
PEI$17.00$18.00$24.00
Canada$16.00$18.00$21.40
Source: Labour Force Survey (2025)

Training

There are no known training programs for this occupation in PEI. If you are aware of a local training program, please contact us.

Certifications

We don’t have any data on professional certification requirements. Based on our records, this occupation is not regulated in PEI.

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Explore more details about this occupation on the Occupational and Skills Information System (OaSIS) website.

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