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Overview
The work is practical food production: cutting, scraping, washing, trimming defects, keeping tools clean and moving processed fish into suitable containers.
In job descriptions, look for fish processing, gutting, slicing, trimming boxes, chilling processes, packaging, hygiene routines, HACCP, GMP, sanitation and tolerance for cold, wet or strong-smelling work areas.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Work is usually on a fish or seafood processing line, close to cutting tables, trimming boxes, washing points and packaging containers. The core responsibility is to remove unwanted parts cleanly while keeping food-safety routines intact.
Skills and specializations
Useful skill is practical: steady knife work, clean trimming, washing gutted fish, maintaining cutting equipment, applying HACCP and GMP, and noticing colour or quality defects before packaging.
Salary context
Pay is usually read through production pace, shift pattern, hygiene responsibility, tool handling, cold-room exposure and whether the role includes quality checks or only repeated trimming tasks.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward fish processing lead, packaging coordinator, quality-control support, sanitation lead or broader seafood production roles with more responsibility for line hygiene and product flow.
Good to know
Check whether a vacancy names the species, cutting tools, line speed, cold or wet conditions, protective equipment, sanitation duties and whether packaging is part of the same job.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Processing and preserving of fish, crustaceans and molluscs
This is one example. Another occupation in this activity is fish preparation operator.
These examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 1
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
51-3022.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
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Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
10.2Processing and preserving of fish, crustaceans and molluscs
Alternative labels
Occupation group
Butchers, fishmongers and related food preparers (7511)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/6c39cf1c-7332-41c1-86c3-6ed3daf3c479 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 7511.3 |
| ISCO group | 7511 |
| Concept type | Occupation |