Employer Information
Great Whittier LLC, located in Whittier, AK, phone 907-216-2072
Job Information
125 Fish Processors needed for temporary, fulltime employment
Job Duties and Requirements
The position is land-based in a building or dockside. Feed fish into the machine. The processor paces the fish on a belt with pins. The pin is set into the gill plate of fish. The machine does the rest. All automated: the headless fish falls into another conveyor that flips it belly side down to go into the gutter then the gutter pulls the salmon into itself with a special belt. The head drops onto a conveyor belt which goes to a grinder, the guts drop on to another conveyor belt to get separated then drop onto another conveyor to go to the grinder after being separated. Once inside the gutter the machine automatically cuts and removes all guts. Check the fish for any debris left on it from the machine. The fish is expelled out the other end of the gutter machine to be checked by processor for any debris left behind from the machines. Monitor the machine for jamming. There is 1 processor station monitoring the machine for jamming, and when that happens the machine is stopped and opened fish removed, and then the machine is started back up. The machine is turned on and off by the processor feeding the heading machine. Clear jams. A processor will be assigned to the task of lifting the side of the machine (it is designed with a release to be lifted easily for clearing) when the gut machine jams and clear the jammed machine. The processor does nothing with the machine but remove jammed fish. All mechanical work is done by a machine repair person that is not a processor. The processor is just there to keep the system free of jams. Because the fish vary in size there can be a few jams an hour in the machines. Grade fish. Build boxes for product, pack boxes or cartons, weigh cartons, stack on pallets or load in freezers. The boxes are stacked on the pallet by hand. For frozen, the product is loaded into fiber totes by the glaze machine then checked and weighed by hand by the processor at the scale. How the products are stacked depends on the order, but all are stacked and wrapped by hand. Load/unload freezers and shipping containers. Sort fish on the dock.
Worksite Locations
Work will be conducted at our facilities at 375 Whittier Street, Whittier, AK 99693.
Wage Offers
Based on the PWD, the workers will be paid no less than $17.91 per hour. Returning workers and workers with more experience may be paid higher wages at $19-$21 per hour. Overtime hours may vary, depending on fish conditions, and will be paid at $26.87 (1.5x $17.91) per hour.
Availability of on-the-job training
The employer will provide on-the-job training in the proper use and maintenance of fish processing equipment, loading equipment, and any other equipment that may be used for the job.
Single Workweek for pay
The employer will use a single workweek as its standard for computing wages due.
Frequency of pay
Workers will be paid on Friday (bi-weekly) via direct deposit or check.
Provision of Board/Lodging or Other Facilities
Dormitory-style shared lodging is available in employer-owned housing at a rate of $25 per day. This cost also includes food.
Deductions from the Worker’s Paycheck
Workers will be deducted $25 per day for lodging and food if they choose to use our housing and food.
Workers will also be deducted the cost of their inbound travel during the first two weeks of their paycheck. If they complete 80% of the season in good order, the cost of the inbound travel will be returned to the employee.
Workers will be deducted the actual cost of boots and raingear, which are not part of required PPE. PPE will be provided free of charge.
Deductions will include food, room and board, which is $25 a day for employees that choose to use them.
Inbound/Outbound Transportation and Subsistence
If the worker completes 80% of work period in good order, the employer will arrange and pay directly for transportation from place of recruitment to place of work. Upon completion of the work contract or where the worker is dismissed earlier on good terms, the employer will provide for workers’ return transportation and subsistence back home or to the place the worker originally departed to work, except where the worker will not return due to subsequent employment with another employer or where the employer has appropriately reported a worker’s voluntary abandonment of employment. The amount of transportation payment or reimbursement will be equal to the most economical and reasonable common carrier for the distance involved. Daily meals will be provided at a rate of at least $15/day during travel to a maximum of $30/day with receipts.
Daily Transportation
Since the housing is right across the street from worksite, no daily transportation will be provided.
First Work Week Reimbursement
Workers will be reimbursed in the first workweek for all visa, visa processing, border crossing and other related fees, including those mandated by the government (except passport fees).
Provision of Tools, Supplies, and Equipment
The employer will provide workers at no charge all tools, supplies, and equipment required to perform the job.
3/4th guarantee
The employer guarantees to offer work for hours equal to at least three-fourths of the workdays in each 12-week period of the total employment period.
SWA Contact Information
Please inquire about the job opportunity or send applications and/or resumes, indicating availability, to the Great Whittier building at 375 Whittier Street, Whittier, AK 99693. Phone 949-295-9435.