Also called: Fish Processor, Cannery Worker
Cleans, fillets, packs, and freezes fish and shellfish at processing plants.
In an Alaska salmon cannery during summer, you might work 12-16 hour shifts heading, gutting, and packing fish, living in a bunkhouse. It's tough but many students do it for a summer to earn big money fast.
Seasonal Alaska jobs include room and board plus heavy overtime.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
No formal education, about 0 years after high school. No education required; trained on the job.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing about average (about 2% over 10 years). Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. Automated filleting and grading machines are spreading; hand processing shrinks, especially in big plants.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply at seafood plants (in Alaska, processors hire for summer seasons with housing)
Classes: Biology, Spanish.
Official data: O*NET occupation 51-3022.
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