water-based aquaculture technician
ISCO: 6221. Skills: 41. Essential: 22.
Essential skills
- animal welfare legislation
- apply fish treatments
- aquaculture production planning software
- assess cage water quality
- calculate aquatic resources growth rate
- carry out feeding operations
- carry out maintenance of aquaculture equipment
- carry out preparations for fish disease specialist
- computerised feeding systems
- control aquatic production environment
- fish grading
- monitor aquaculture feeding behaviour
- monitor growth rates of cultivated fish species
- observe abnormal fish behaviour
- observe fish disease symptoms
- operate small craft
- organise shellfish depuration
- perform fish grading operations
- prepare for small craft operation
- preserve fish samples for diagnosis
- rates of growth assessment
- swim
Supporting skills
- collect broodstock
- communicate in an outdoor setting
- communicate verbal instructions
- develop aquaculture strategies
- ensure aquaculture personnel health and safety
- fish anatomy
- incidents and accidents recording
- maintain diving equipment
- maintain incident reporting records
- manage time in fishery operations
- report live online
- report pollution incidents
- report to the team leader
- screen live fish deformities
- use communication devices
- use different communication channels
- work in inclement conditions
- work in outdoor conditions
- write work-related reports