Fish Roe Technician

H-2B seasonal job with North Pacific Seafoods, Inc. in Kodiak, Alaska. Pay: $20.62 – $37/hr. Work period: 2027-01-20 to 2027-09-30. Positions: 2. About 80 hours a week. The employer's full description is in English on the official DOL job order.

Responsible for processing various fish roe including, but not limited to, roe from herring, pollock, cod, sockeye salmon, pink salmon, and chum salmon. Produces various fish roe products based on specie, quality, size, maturity and geographical area of the fishery. Roe may be sorted, salted, preserved, brined, seasoned, mixed, agitated, dewatered, refined, packed and frozen based on the roe type and market forecasts. Inspects roe for uniformity to company and customer specifications. Processes roe in the skein (Sujiko), removed from the skein (Ikura), and as green roe. Grades roe based on specie, size, quality, freshness, color and other characteristics according to the established market standard. Tests roe for quality and quantity standards. Freeze roe products without damaging quality, uniformity, and marketable appearance. Performs quality thawing tests on frozen products to maintain and control quality, market acceptance, and the highest price of products. Provide technical expertise in the production process, grading, quality control, specifications, and buyers inspections of roe products.

Work period: 2027-01-20 to 2027-09-30. Positions: 2.

Requirements: N/A. F.a.5 and 6: Will work 40 regular hours per week with up to 40 hours of overtime per week (every day, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., including overtime hours). Actual overtime hours and work schedules depend on fish availability. Regular pay is $20.62 - $37.00 per hour depending on experience (DOE), and overtime pay is $30.93 - $55.50 per hour (paid at time and a half). A single workweek will be used to compute wages due. Wages will be paid every 2 weeks. The employer will make all deductions from the workers paycheck required by law. 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.
Work will be performed at land plant locations in Alaska in the following work itinerary: Kodiak from 1/20/2027 to 3/9/2027, Sitka from 3/10/2027 to 4/9/2027, Naknek from 4/10/2027 to 6/4/2027, Sitka from 6/5/2027 to 6/24/2027, Twin Hills (Togiak) from 6/25/2027 to 7/9/2027, and Sitka or Kodiak from 7/10/2027 to 9/30/2027. All locations are within the same Alaska nonmetropolitan statistical area. The work itinerary is approximate and subject to change depending on fish availability.