“V r T Gigi“: . 7 ~ . y ’ r ,5." ..-. -—-—-—-_- PROCESSORS NEEDED The following story was run in last year's SUN to make students aware their hunt fOr summer jobs. of one more possibility in With the same purpose in mind the article has been updated for consideration now. , ; Kevin Gauthier Georgetown Seafoods Ltd. offering summer employ— V. t for students at'UPEI ‘ A, . are interested rking on a process for . cking lobsters. Wages-= r the lZO’posit‘ic’ns'» ilable begin at $51.15 _ ,. hour, with an .er 30 days. Time and e-half and double time T- paid for overtime rk. The image of a seafood 0 essing‘ plant that most m have is usually not pleasant one. popular ression is one of a dark, gy, barn—like factory, m smells to high heaven u is covered with the re— ' s of former fish who 2e unlucky enough to e found '7 sing plant at Georgetown ~ had a difficult time the past attracting ents for 'surmer employ- t. Most students do ' relish the thought of '- ding knee-deep in fish , ' , with a fresh supply ' ys ready to be dumped one's feet. *'Ihis, of' se, is understandable- ess one is inclined to , -‘ at home in. Such”ar.,..g:.fi tuation, but this. image a seafood processing t is ;_ "wzrozj'gg. an effortif-gtegelgiimihate. -- , the-'managm"‘ rgetom ‘ 'ted officials Of " . Student.Unim.cto J, “1 the‘plamand inspect; . ‘ working conditions first— ’u o What Wegdiscoyejbea in rgetown was fveryidif‘fer— ‘ from what we" rgetown Seafoods cper— S a clean, well lit, * 5. ‘7" processing factory f‘ conforms to none of , “place; to work. 1 ‘ For ten weeks during the - .surmer, Georgetown Seafoods?“ ‘. ‘ ‘will be employing 120 _ ', ’ casual workers (8 1‘10111‘5/<3&11/)..;~ There will, be no. Cleaning, r g Shelling,‘=-or gutting 'dn- . it .volved. All thevp'vrocessing 3.1.; involves is a I v on a rack to be the popular misconceptions ( that surround such an. operation. A tour of the plant gave us the opportunity .to inspect working condi- . tions, to talk to employees v. regarding their experiences «at the plant, andto learn a H ‘a‘ bit more about the process of cleaning and packing ' fresh fish (which doesn't really enter into this article, but was nice to‘ learn just the same). The production line itself, which is only one part of the processing plant, is “located-in a» large, brightly lit and well ventilated building. line is-much like any The other production line, with E a conveyor moving the product to each station in the process. The machinery located in the work area makes a fair amount of noise, but not so loud that it makes conversation difficult. The modern plant, although .‘ it does retain the smell of fish to a moderate degree and is inclined to be somewhat warm during ' i the summer, is very clean and bright, filled with good helpful people, and is generally not a bad staff a new processing line for packing lobsters. whole lobster or oodfish in a plastic pouch, filling "pouch with saltwaterbrine, and hanging the package For $4IlS/hour ti'iegwork ” is not very difficult‘,_and I this certainly is' one.of the »- better v jobswavailable 51 “25.19éc‘2‘fi gamma. SUMMER JOBS to students. Overtime is readily available for anyone who wants to get rich quick, and the pay scale is time and one—half for Saturdays and double overtime for Sundays. The ten week work period covers May and June and this will leave the last part of the summer open for rest and relaxation. Students who choose to stay on for the last month at Georgetom after the ten week period may be moved to the fish processing line until the end of the summer. If enough employees desire it, a daily bus service will be provided for the trip to and from Charlottetown at a fee not yet decided upon.- It really is unfortunate : that so many people have ‘ the wrong idea of what Georgetown Seafoods is, : because there is good ‘ money to be made for work - that is not exactly over— tiring. Of course, work . . on a production line is not suitable for everyone, but if one is used to such work or is willing to try it, Georgetown Seafoods is willing to give you a chance. The company is trying to v employ as many students as possible this summer, and if THE UPEI SUN, Thursday, March 20, 1980, page 11 -_-—-— FOR STUDENTS All employees work within speaking distance of somebody else, so friends are easily made and jokes easily traded on the work floor. There is a good deal of water used in the processing of the fish, and a lot of it finds its way onto the floor (which has very adequate drainage) so most employees invest in a ‘ pair of rubber boots to keep dry position) . (and in an upright The plant also contains a clean, bright cafeteria where workers can spend their coffee breaks (15 minutes twice per shift) and buy some hot lunch. I The cafeteria is operated by the victors, a father and son team (the son owns the caf., Dad is semi— retired) who have a rep— utation for serving up a fine, hot meal for a very reasonable price. In addition to the cafeteria, the plant houses lockers and showers where workers can refresh themselves after a day's work. All in all, the. seafood , processing plant at Georgetown is a modern, efficient plant, similar you are interested, applications to my other factories are available at the Canada Manpower Center on campus, located on the first floor of Main Building . 5.5. open as... 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