Seafood Plant Laborer

Job duties

Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.

***RFI response***
The move crawfish function refers to the manual transfer of crawfish between workstations within the facility as the product moves through the receiving, washing, grading/sorting, weighing, icing, and storage phases of processing. The worker manually lifts and carries mesh sacks, plastic baskets, and totes of crawfish by hand from one station to the next. Movement between stations is accomplished on foot, either by carrying the product directly or by stacking sacks/totes onto a hand truck or pushcart and manually pushing it across the plant floor. The function of loading and unloading trucks refers to the manual receipt of incoming raw crawfish/seafood deliveries and the manual loading of finished, packaged product onto outbound trucks. When unloading, the worker manually removes sacks, baskets, totes, and boxes from the delivery vehicle by hand and transfers them to the receiving or wash area, either by carrying them directly or by hand truck/cart. When loading, the worker manually stacks packaged sacks, boxes, and palletized product onto the truck bed by hand. All lifting, carrying, stacking, and securing is performed manually; the worker does not operate forklifts or any powered material-handling equipment. Tools, equipment, and materials used: two-wheel hand trucks (dollies), four-wheel manual push/platform carts, manual (non-powered, hand-pumped) pallet jacks, pallets, plastic scoops and shovels, mesh sacks, plastic baskets/totes/bins, boxes, and waterproof gloves.

The cleanup and maintenance referenced consists of routine sanitation and basic, non-skilled upkeep incidental to the worker's primary material-handling duties, performed at the close of each shift and throughout the workday as needed. Cleanup tasks include hosing, rinsing, scrubbing, and sanitizing work surfaces, stainless steel tables, and the tubs, bins, baskets, and tanks used to hold and wash crabs, shrimp, or crawfish; clearing shells, debris, and organic waste from work stations and floors; sweeping and mopping floors and flushing floor drains; and emptying and relining waste containers and disposing of processing waste in designated receptacles. Maintenance tasks are limited to wiping down and clearing work area of residue and debris, verifying that wash tanks, baskets, hoses, and containers are clean and unobstructed, restocking ice and cleaning supplies at workstations, and reporting any equipment malfunction to a supervisor for servicing; the worker will not perform mechanical repair or servicing of any equipment. To perform these tasks, the worker uses standard cleaning tools and supplies, including water hoses and spray nozzles, brushes, shovels, brooms, mops, squeegees, buckets, food-grade detergents and sanitizing solutions, scrapers and shovels for ice and debris, waste containers, and personal protective equipment such as waterproof gloves, aprons, and boots

***Original***
Job duties may include: de-heading shrimp; de-veining shrimp; clean crabs--extract shell off of crab to clean; washing seafood; pick/remove trash/foreign matter; examine product to meet specifications; move crawfish; weighing and tagging of crawfish; palletize crawfish; washing, grading, and sorting crawfish; loading and unloading trucks; put seafood into sacks; ice/freeze crawfish/seafood; daily cleanup and maintenance of worksite and equipment.

Requirements

Must be able to lift/carry up to fifty (50) pounds. Drug testing required of foreign and domestic workers post-hire random, upon suspicion, and post-accident at no cost to workers. Drug test failure will result in a termination for cause. This is a drug free workplace. Hours can include overtime. All applicants must be able, willing, qualified to perform work described and must be available for the entire period specified.

Benefits and conditions