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Surimi and Roe Technician in Bering Sea and North Pacific, AK
This is an H-2B job order, which means the employer has already applied to hire workers from outside the United States for it.
- Employer
- Premier Pacific Seafoods, Inc.
- Where
- Bering Sea and North Pacific, AK
- Places
- 6
- Pay
- $21.31 per hour
- Visa
- H-2B
- Starts
- 2027-01-05
- Ends
- 2027-04-30
- Filed
- 2026-10-19
What the work involves
Conduct all aspects of seafood processing regarding pollock and/or hake surimi and roe. Duties include adjusting and fine-tuning the machines that cut the fish, remove the roe, separate the fish meat, rinse and refine the fish meat, and mix additives to produce surimi; adjust machines as needed based on size and freshness of fish and adjust additives to produce special order surimi products; test and inspect for fish meat quality, moisture control, removal of impurities, and bacteria control during multiple stages of surimi processing; inspect and grade quality of pollock roe products for export to Japan based on size, color, freshness, maturity and other factors; prepare pollock roe samples for roe auctions; comply with HACCP and USDC food safety and sanitation rules and quality control standards; responsible for ongoing product improvement measures, surimi machine maintenance, and instructing or training other processing workers as needed.
How to apply
Apply directly with the employer named above. Workmerica is not an agency, takes no fee and is not involved in this hiring.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Seasonal Jobs.
What that comes to in a month
At forty hours a week, the rate in this filing works out at about $3,687 a month before tax. That is the standard full-time month of 173 hours; overtime, deductions and the cost of getting there are not in it.
How the work permit works in the United States
Employer-sponsored temporary or permanent labor certification. The employer files with the Department of Labor first. Which programme applies depends on the work and whether it is seasonal.
Published by U.S. Department of Labor, foreign labor certification
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