Overview
Seafood Process Workers scale, clean, fillet, cut, shell, grade and package fish and shellfish.
Day-to-day
- sorts, inspects and grades seafood products for size and quality
- prepares seafood by skinning, trimming, washing, gilling, gutting, filleting, shucking, descaling, cooking, smoking, preserving and/or canning fish, shellfish and molluscs
- operates machines which slice, peel, skin and crumb seafood
- counts and packs prepared seafood for freezing
- packs frozen seafood blocks into cartons after freezing, in order to prepare stock for dispatch
- loads seafood products into trucks
- cleans and sanitises equipment and work areas.
To become a Seafood Process Worker
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You can work as a Seafood Process Worker without formal qualifications. Some on the job training may be provided. A certificate I, II or III in seafood processing might be helpful.
Skills employers are looking for
