Seafood Processing Workers
Job description
These individuals process fish, seafood, and shellfish. They work mainly in seafood processing plants.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Climatic conditions
- Odours
- Humidity
- Uncontrolled ambient temperature
Main tasks
- Sort fish, seafood, and shellfish.
- Scale, skin, clean, and weigh marine products.
- Cook or freeze marine products.
- Ensure the proper preservation of products throughout processing.
Advancement and mobility
- Experience leads to senior positions.
Training and requirements
Formation
No specific training
Sometimes required
- Knowledge of industry norms and standards may be required or an asset.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Information processing
- Active listening
- Result evaluation
- Oral expression
- Judgment and decision-making
- Critical thought
Abilities
- Hand-arm stability
- Control accuracy
- Near vision
- Selective attention
- Manual dexterity
- Core strength
- Verbal skills
- Speech clarity
- Oral comprehension
- Limb coordination
- Digital dexterity
- Information organization
- Speech recognition
- Awareness of issues
- Visualization
Knowledge and attributes
- Focussed on results
- Autonomy
- Capacity to work in a team
- Knowledge of production and treatment
- Versatility
- Attention to detail
- Vitality
- Respect standards and regulations
- Tolerance to frequent temperature variations
- Timeliness
Interests
- Work manually
- Exercer une activité sportive ou physique
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
Appellation d’emploi liée (à traduire)
Labourers in fish and seafood processing (CNP 95107)
Skill type
Manufacturing and utilities
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Last update: January 29, 2026
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