Longline Processor

About the role

Coastal Villages Seafoods, a division of Coastal Villages Region Fund, is seeking applications for Seafood Processors aboard their longline vessels. The primary job responsibilities include converting raw fish products into a processed, high-quality product ready for sale.

Responsibilities

• Clean, scrap, trim and fillet product.
• S segregate product on conveyor belt or table according to grade, color, and size, and place product in containers or on designated conveyors.
• Discard cull (inferior or defective) items and foreign matter.
• Pack product in boxes, totes or crates for storage or shipment.
• Operate machine(s) to move live or packed seafood from place to place.
• Review workspace for cleanliness and safety.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• This is a safety-sensitive position, and impairment by any amount of drugs or alcohol may result in undue harm to self or others.
• Selected applicants will be required to successfully pass a post-offer background, drug test and reference check.
• Applicants must be willing and able to be away from home for extended periods of time, and must be willing to live and work in a cramped environment, and work as a team member at all times.
• Good communication skills, self-motivation, and a positive attitude are important to ensure a high-quality product and the safety of all crew members.

Physical Demands

• Crew member must be capable of working consecutive, long and variable work shifts for extended periods of time.
• The work is strenuous and sometimes hazardous due to exposure to operating machinery, mechanical parts, fumes, chemicals, pressurized fluids, vibration, and with the vessel operating under all types of weather conditions including extreme cold.
• Both hands must be capable of grabbing, holding or gripping rope, rails, equipment and vessel structures for frequent periods of time. Forceful grasping along with repetitive finger and hand use is occasional.
• Applicant must also be able to sit and crawl on a limited basis, and squat, crouch, and kneel occasionally.
• Applicants must be able to constantly lift 20-50 pounds from floor to waist, waist to shoulder, and above the shoulder. Must also be able to constantly push, pull, and carry 20-50 pounds, and on a limited basis push and pull up to 100 pounds.
• Specific vision requirements for this position are that the applicant needs to have peripheral, distance and depth perception abilities. Candidate also needs the ability to determine shades, colors and shadows.
• Applicants will be required to gain medical clearance for use of a tight-fitting respirator.

BASIC MENTAL FUNCTIONS

• Applicants must be able to perform intermediate math; add, subtract, multiply, divide, handle fractions and decimals; all on numbers between 1-100.
• Applicant must also be able to understand, read, speak and write in English.
• Applicant needs the ability to perform these basic functions in stressful, noisy environments and in the adverse weather conditions as mentioned above.