Job Description:

• 1) Performs any combination of following tasks concerned with cannery processing of fish roe: Presses headless fish against work surface to ascertain sex of fish by presence or absence of milt.

• 2) Inserts hand into body cavity of female fish, feels along ventral area of body to locate vent, and cups hand to remove viscera and egg skeins.

• 3) Separates viscera and organs from egg skeins by hand.

• 4) Discards viscera and organs and places egg skeins in baskets for weighing.

• 5) Weighs baskets containing egg skeins, using scales, and records totals on tally sheets.

• 6) Dumps basket of egg skeins on work surface, and examines egg skeins for imperfections, such as blood saturation, immature eggs, and torn membranes.

• 7) Separates egg skeins, according to size and species of fish.

• 8) Places acceptable egg skeins in containers for reweighing.

• 9) Rinses containers of egg skeins with water, using water hose, and dips containers in mild saline solution to rinse egg skeins prior to brining.

• 10) Works under direction of FISH ROE TECHNICIAN to fill brining tanks, dump egg skeins into tanks, remove processed egg skeins, and pack egg skeins for shipment, following prescribed procedures.

• 11) May slit underside of fish before removing egg skeins, using knife.