Conduct all aspects of seafood processing regarding pollock and/or hake surimi and roe.
Duties include adjusting and fine-tuning the machines that cut the fish, remove the roe, separate the fish meat, rinse and refine the fish meat, and mix additives to produce surimi;
adjust machines as needed based on size and freshness of fish and adjust additives to produce special order surimi products;
test and inspect for fish meat quality, moisture control, removal of impurities, and bacteria control during multiple stages of surimi processing;
inspect and grade quality of pollock roe products for export to Japan based on size, color, freshness, maturity and other factors;
prepare pollock roe samples for roe auctions;
comply with
HACCP and
USDC food safety and sanitation rules and quality control standards;
responsible for ongoing product improvement measures, surimi machine maintenance, and instructing or training other processing workers as needed.