NET HANGER GILLNET LFS

LFS, Inc. was established in 1967 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Trident Seafoods. Our corporate headquarters is in Bellingham, WA and we have three year-round locations in Washington State: Bellingham, Seattle, and Poulsbo. LFS also has five year-round locations in Alaska: Anchorage, Cordova, Dutch Harbor, Homer (Kachemak Gear Shed), and Sitka; and two seasonal locations in Dillingham and Naknek. While our core business is supplying the commercial fishing industry, we have evolved to include industrial and sports netting sales, hydraulic sales and services, wholesale/industrial sales, recreational marine and outdoor sales, and internet sales.

Job Summary: Gillnet Hanger needed for commercial fishing production shop. Responsible for lacing net components together based on customer specifications using a net needle and twine.

Essential Functions:

1. Measures, cuts and sews netting materials.
2. Assembles net component pieces per net plan specifications.
3. Ties knots, laces, splices, and adjusts various webbing materials.
4. Repairs holes and tears in webbing.
5. Commercial fishing experience helpful.
6. Must be able to stand for 6-8 hours at a time.

Seasonal non-benefited position.

Experienced net hangers only. 5-8 years experience hanging gillnets for Alaska commercial fishing industry.

Additional Responsibilities:

1. Performs other similar or related duties as requested or assigned.

Work Environment: The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand (6-8 hours a day); walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; push/pull, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required for this job include distance vision and depth perception.

Seasonal non-benefitted position.