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crab picker

A professional who performs any combination of following tasks in processing crab meat for canning, freezing, or packing. Respnsibilities include:

  • Separates claws from crabs, positions claws in metal holder used to facilitate breaking claw shells, and breaks shells of claws and crabs, using knife or metal rod.
  • Picks meat from shells, using knife and fingers.
  • Feels meat for presence of shell and removes shell pieces by hand.
  • Inspects meat for discoloration and discards meat not meeting company requirements.
  • Places meat in containers for further processing.
  • Gathers filled containers of meat, places containers on scale, and adds or removes meat from containers to obtain specified weight.
  • Closes lids of containers, places containers in cartons, and seals cartons, using tape.
  • May disjoint legs and body of large crabs, using power saw, and be known as Sawyer.
  • May remove crab meat from smaller ends of leg segments, using pedal-controlled air jet, and be known as Blower.
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