Job Description
Main Duties:
Processing:
- Move pallets and racks of frozen and raw ingredients and processed product using a powered or manual pallet jack
- Prepare containers of ingredients according to weight as determined by the product being processed. This includes handling frozen raw meats, raw vegetables, fruits, and eggs
- Operate an industrial grinder, cutter, and stuffer to process the frozen and raw ingredients into logs of product
Cutting and Packing:
- Move pallets, racks, and bins of frozen product using a powered or manual pallet jack
- Strip plastic casing from frozen product using a sharp blade, visually inspect product to ensure that no plastic is left behind
- If trained, operate a meat saw to cut frozen product into finished size
- Pack cut product by hand into boxes according to weight
- Tape full boxes and stack on pallets
- Prepare flattened boxes for packaging by taping, labelling, and lining with a plastic bag
Shrink Wrap:
- Move pallets, racks, and bins of frozen product using a powered or manual pallet jack
- By hand, pick frozen cut product and arrange in preparation for running though the shrink wrap machine according to the end product being processed
- Label all product before shrink wrapping
- Load finished packages into boxes and stack boxes on a pallet
- Prepare various packaging materials such as boxes, shrink wrap, and labels
Treats:
- Move pallets, racks, and bins of frozen and raw ingredients using a powered or manual pallet jack
- Prepare ingredients as determined by the product being processed. This includes handling frozen and raw meats and operating a meat slicer
- Rack product in preparation for drying
- Pack dried product by hand into boxes or bags according to quantity or weight
- Prepare various packaging materials such as boxes, bags, and labels
In addition, all workers will:
- Build and shrink wrap pallets of finished product in preparation for shipping
- Load and unload transport trucks
- Be in and out of freezers and coolers
- Perform intensive and excessive cleaning on a daily basis. This includes cleaning equipment, tables, floors, washing dishes, etc.
- Repeatedly bend and lift
Employment Requirements:
- some post secondary education required
- completion of whims
- experience in the food production industry is an asset
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