About the role

Open oysters to order for restaurant and wholesale customers, working to daily volumes and despatch cut-offs. Present each oyster cleanly on the half shell with no shell fragments, grit, or damaged meat. Check quality as you go and set aside anything that does not meet standard. Keep your bench, knives and tools clean and follow food safety and hygiene procedures at all times. Pack, label and chill product ready for the delivery run. Help the team with other seafood preparation between oyster runs when required.

Key responsibilities
Open oysters to order for restaurant and wholesale customers, working to daily volumes and despatch cut-offs
Present each oyster cleanly on the half shell: no shell fragments, no grit, no damaged meat
Check quality as you go and set aside anything that does not meet standard
Keep your bench, knives and tools clean and follow food safety and hygiene procedures at all times
Pack, label and chill product ready for the delivery run
Help the team with other seafood preparation between oyster runs when required

About you
At least 12 months of commercial oyster opening (processor, wholesaler, fish market, oyster bar or similar) that we can verify with a referee
Consistent speed and a clean, secure knife technique




Valuable working knowledge of food safety and hygiene in a seafood or food handling workplace
Reliability: you turn up ready to go at 4:30am, every rostered shift
Comfortable with the physical demands of the job: standing for the shift, repetitive hand and wrist work, and a cold, wet processing environment
The right to work in Australia
Bonus, not essential: experience with other seafood preparation, or a forklift licence

About us

Red Coral Seafood has supplied Melbourne's leading chefs with world class seafood since 1982. We are a family owned business built on one principle: provide the finest quality seafood with integrity and build relationships that stand the test of time. Our oysters go out to restaurants across Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula, the Yarra Valley, and regional Victoria six days a week.

Benefits
A long-established, family-owned business with a loyal customer base and steady year-round volume
Pay that rewards skill: the better you are, the more you take home
Early finishes and your afternoons free
Protective clothing, gloves and equipment provided
A small, tight-knit processing team in Bayswater with on-site parking
Opportunity to work regular shifts

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