Certificate II in Seafood Processing
This qualification represents the competencies relevant to people working in the seafood processing sector of the seafood industry in the capacity of a processing employee. It comprises the base entry point into this sector of the industry and provides people with a range of core and underpinning competencies relevant to their work.
The qualification will have application for people working:
on aquaculture farms or fishout/put-and-take operations
for contract harvesting and on-farm processing companies
in processing plants
for wholesalers or retailers.
Job roles
Individuals operating at this level undertake a broad range of routine processes and procedures which may include
basic processing
general cleaning and maintenance of equipment and facilities
handling and slaughtering harvested stock.
Work may vary between enterprises.
Job role titles may include:
factory hand
general or process worker
seafood or fish processor.