A professional who tends machine that removes heads, fins, viscera, and tails from fish preparatory to canning. Respnsibilities include:

• Starts machine and conveyor system.
• Positions fish on feed table and aligns head with cutting knife.
• Places beheaded fish in machine feed trough and pushes tail into teeth of fish cleaning machine.
• Pulls lever to regulate speed of conveyors.
• May replace worn knives, using handtools.