General Hands – Hoki Season 2025
About this job
A large fishing company are now recruiting for General Hands for their land-based factory based in Nelson for Hoki season 2025. The season runs from mid-May until the end of September 2025, and additional work until December 2025 is also expected.
Tasks / responsibilities include: • Manufacture product to specification • Undertake production line cleaning tasks of equipment and work areas as required • Packing fish into required portions • Trimming fish fillets
There are no minimum qualification or work experience requirement and full training will be provided.
A satisfactory pre-employment drug test and a physical medical assessment will be required to be considered for this role. Applicants must have legal entitlement to live and work in New Zealand. An online application is required for this position.
Job Requirements
To be considered you will:
• Be 100% committed to Health and Safety • Be able to work with continuous processing • Have good time management skills • Have good hand to eye coordination • Be able to do heavy lifting of 5-10kg • Have good knife skills (beneficial not essential) • Minor convictions may be considered on a case by case basis
Please note, applicants will need a current CV and Cover Letter and will need to complete an online application.
- Days of work
- 6.00am to 2.30pm day shift and 3.00pm to 11.00pm afternoon shift, Monday to Friday. Extra work may be available on Saturdays. (40 hours per week)
- Pay Details
- TBD
- Job Category
- Meat, Poultry and Seafood Process Workers
- Career Level
- Trainee/apprentice (0 - 6 months)
- Driver Licence
- Not Required
- Pre-employment drug test required
- Yes
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