Seafood Processing

What happens after the fishermen catch the fish and bring it to shore? Processing is the next part of the story – whether it’s preparing whole fish for market, filleting fish for export or making food products such as fish fingers or ready to eat cuisine, processing is all about preparing the produce for sale.

New Zealand is home to some of the world’s champion fish filleters and shellfish shuckers. These skills are honed by practice, often on the job in a processing role.

The Seafood Processing sector holds a wide range of career opportunities and Seafood ITO can assist in training opportunities that may see you start at one end of the process line and move up it into a management position.

Could this be a job for you?

Seafood Processing includes jobs that are onshore and at sea positions. Here are some of the types of jobs available in the Seafood Processing sector. In some cases there are links to the Career Services descriptions of the jobs.

• At sea seafood processor
• Onshore seafood processor (fish filleting, factory work etc)
• Seafood production manager/factory manager
• Quality assurance manager
• Food technologist

Check out the Seafood Processing qualifications Seafood ITO offer and have a look at our video about a job processing seafood at sea.