food processing labourer
About the company
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.).
- Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.) .
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees .
- Does not require Canadian work experience.
Supports for visible minorities Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities.
Your tasks
- Food safety/handling skills.
- Transport raw materials, finished products and packaging materials.
- Remove filled containers from conveyors.
- Manually pack goods into bags and boxes or other containers.
- Feed and unload processing machines.
- Check products and packaging for basic quality defects.
- Assist process control and machine operators in performing their duties.
- Clean machines and immediate work areas.
- Slaughter livestock and remove viscera and other inedible parts from carcasses.
- Remove bones from meat.
- Remove feathers and singe and wash poultry to prepare for further processing or packaging.
- Cut meat and poultry into specific cuts for institutional, commercial or other wholesale use.
Requirements
Education No degree, certificate or diploma.
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Repetitive tasks.
- Manual dexterity.
- Hand-eye co-ordination.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Fast-paced environment.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Physically demanding.
- Work under pressure.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
Weight handling Up to 23 kg (50 lbs).
Personal suitability
- Reliability.
- Team player.
- Punctuality.
Screening questions
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?.
1 to less than 7 months.
What we offer
Health benefits
- Disability benefits.
- Health care plan.
- Paramedical services coverage.
Financial benefits
- As per collective agreement.
- Bonus.
- Group insurance benefits.
- Life insurance.
- Pension plan.
Other benefits
- Free parking available.
- Learning/training paid by employer.
- Other benefits.
- Parking available.
Other
Work site environment
- Odours.
- Hot.
- Cold/refrigerated.
- Dusty.
- Wet/damp.
- Noisy.
Work setting
- Meat processing and/or packing plant/establishment.
- Slaughter houses.
Transportation/travel information Own transportation.
Employment terms options
- Evening.
- Day.
- Overtime required.