94142 Fish and seafood plant workers

What this occupation covers

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.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 8 main duties for this code.

• 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.
• 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.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 8 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 95107 Labourers in fish and seafood processing
• 92012 Supervisors, food and beverage processing

Excluded from this code

• Labourers in fish and seafood processing (See 95107 Labourers in fish and seafood processing)
• Supervisors, food and beverage processing (See 92012 Supervisors, food and beverage processing)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

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 processing · fish cleaner and cutter - fish processing · fish cook - fish processing · fish curer - fish processing

Employment requirements

• Some secondary school education may be required.
• On-the-job training is required.