95107 Labourers in fish and seafood processing

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 7 main duties for this code.

• 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.

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 7 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.

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

Excluded from this code

• Fish and seafood plant workers (See 94142 Fish and seafood plant workers)
• 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.

cannery labourer · cannery labourer - fish processing · cooler operator - fish processing · fish bin worker - fish processing · 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 plant labourer · fish processing labourer · fish processing plant labourer · fish salter - fish processing · fish sorter · fish weigher · fish-processing plant handler · shellfish checker - fish processing · shellfish labourer · shellfish packer - fish processing · shellfish processing labourer

Employment requirements

• Some secondary school education may be required.