aquaculture husbandry technician
ISCO: 6221. Skills: 55. Essential: 35.
Essential skills
- apply fish treatments
- aquaculture cultivation equipment
- aquaculture production planning software
- assist with vaccination procedures
- calculate aquatic resources growth rate
- carry out maintenance of aquaculture equipment
- carry out preparations for fish disease specialist
- collect broodstock
- computerised feeding systems
- control aquatic production environment
- ensure aquaculture personnel health and safety
- ensure cage safety requirements are followed
- ensure compliance with aquaculture standards
- fish biology
- fish grading
- identify risks in aquaculture facilities
- identity aquaculture species
- implement fin fish feeding regimes
- inspect aquaculture equipment
- maintain technical equipment
- measure the impact of specific aquaculture activity
- monitor aquaculture feeding behaviour
- monitor aquaculture stock health standards
- monitor feeding systems
- monitor fish mortality rates
- monitor water quality
- operate small craft
- perform fish grading operations
- prepare for small craft operation
- preserve fish samples for diagnosis
- rates of growth assessment
- rear food fish
- swim
- treat fish diseases
- use aquaculture heavy equipment
Supporting skills
- check diving equipment
- collect dead fish
- communicate in an outdoor setting
- communicate verbal instructions
- cooperate with colleagues
- critique the dive with the dive team
- escapee contingency plans
- implement contingency plans for escapees
- lead a team
- maintain diving equipment
- make independent operating decisions
- make time-critical decisions
- monitor larval growth
- perform diving interventions
- provide on-site training in aquaculture facilities
- speak different languages
- train employees
- work in inclement conditions
- work in outdoor conditions
- work in shifts