Crab Deckhand

Coastal Villages•Seattle, WA

21d•Onsite

About The Position

Coastal Alaska Premier Seafoods, a subsidiary of Coastal Villages Region Fund, is seeking applications for deck hands aboard our Crab Catcher vessels. The primary job responsibilities include working on-board fishing vessels in the waters of the Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea, and Aleutian Islands to harvest crab. This position may sort crab by species and tend or operate machines to meet Company standards of quality. Additional responsibilities include loading and unloading supplies, cleaning the vessel and equipment, and performing other assigned duties. This position is not sedentary. Specific duties involve sorting crab by species, size, color, and sex to ensure a superior product is brought to market while adhering to all regulatory guidelines. Maintaining a safe and clean working and living environment is crucial. Cull inferior or defective items and foreign matter. Assist in offloads of product, and load and unload supplies. May be required to pass crane operator certification. Manually and by operating machines, move live seafood from place to place. Must be able to work and move safely on an uneven, slippery, and moving surface around machinery and crab pots weighing 850-1150 pounds. Must be able to work 12-16 hour shifts, in adverse weather conditions, and up to 24 hour shifts as required by fishing and market conditions. Must attend and successfully pass all safety drills, training, and education required by regulatory agencies and CVRF. Must be able to manipulate heavy crab pots and equipment, and move large amounts of crab. Other duties as assigned. This position reports directly to the Captain of the Vessel. Coastal Villages Region Fund has a zero tolerance Drug and Alcohol Policy. This is a safety-sensitive position, and impairment by any amount of drugs or alcohol may result in undue harm to self or others. Selected applicants will be required to successfully pass a post-offer background, drug test, and reference check. Applicants must be willing and able to be away from home for extended periods, live and work in a cramped environment, and work as a team member at all times. Good communication skills, self-motivation, and a positive attitude are important for ensuring a high-quality product and the safety of all crew members.

Requirements

Must be able to work and move safely on an uneven, slippery and moving surface around machinery and crab pots weighing 850-1150 pounds.
Must be able to work 12-16 hour shifts, in adverse weather conditions, and up to 24 hour shifts as required by fishing and market conditions.
Must attend and successfully pass all safety drills, training, and education required by regulatory agencies and CVRF.
Must be able to manipulate heavy crab pots, equipment and to move large amounts of crab.
Crew members must be capable of working consecutive, long and variable work shifts for extended periods of time.
The work is strenuous and sometimes hazardous due to exposure to operating machinery, mechanical parts, fumes, chemicals, pressurized fluids, vibration and with the vessel operating under all types of weather conditions including extreme cold.
Both hands must be capable of grabbing, holding or gripping rope, rails, equipment and vessel structures for long periods of time.
Forceful grasping along with repetitive finger and hand use is frequent.
Applicant must also be able to occasionally sit, kneel, crouch and crawl.
Applicants must be able to climb up and down, safely ascend and descend ladders, work in small and confined spaces, and pass all safety test requirements.
Applicants must be able to frequently lift 11-20 pounds from the floor to the waist and above the shoulders and occasionally lift 51-100 pounds in the same manner.
Applicants must be able to occasionally push, pull and carry 21-50 pounds and on a limited basis, 100 pounds.
Specific vision requirements for this position may require the applicant to determine shades, colors and shadows. The crew member will need to have distance and depth perception abilities.
Applicants will be required to gain medical clearance for use of a tight fitting respirator.
Applicants must be able to perform basic math; add, subtract numbers between 1-100; multiply and divide by 10's and 100's.
Applicant must also be able to understand, read, speak and write in English.
Applicant must possess the ability to apply these basic functions to American currency, weight, distance and volumes.
Applicant needs the ability to perform these basic functions in stressful, noisy environments and in the adverse weather conditions as mentioned above.
Applicants must be willing and able to be away from home for extended periods of time.
Applicants must be willing to live and work in a cramped environment.
Applicants must work as a team member at all times.

Nice To Haves

Good communication skills
Self motivation
A positive attitude

Responsibilities

Working on-board fishing vessels in the waters of the Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea, and Aleutian Islands to harvest crab.
Sort crab by species, size, color, and sex ensuring superior product is brought to market, and all regulatory guidelines are adhered to at all times.
Tend or operate machines to meet Company standards of quality.
Load and unload supplies on the vessel.
Clean vessel and equipment.
Discard cull (inferior or defective) items and foreign matter.
Assist in offloads of product.
May be required to pass crane operator certification.
Manually and by operating machines move live seafood from place to place.
Work and move safely on an uneven, slippery and moving surface around machinery and crab pots weighing 850-1150 pounds.
Work 12-16 hour shifts, in adverse weather conditions, and up to 24 hour shifts as required by fishing and market conditions.
Attend and successfully pass all safety drills, training, and education required by regulatory agencies and CVRF.
Manipulate heavy crab pots and equipment.
Move large amounts of crab.
Perform other duties as assigned.