Description
Performs routine tasks in breeding and raising fish and other aquatic stock.
Skill Level
5
Alternative Titles
NULL
Specializations
NULL
Skills Assessment Authority
Caveats
Group: 8411 Aquaculture Workers
Description
perform routine tasks in breeding and raising fish and other aquatic stock.
Tasks
- feeding and grading fish, and monitoring their growth
- assisting with farm layout and constructing nets, long-lines and cages
- checking and looking after equipment and fish housing
- operating pumps and other equipment
- testing and checking on water quality
- removing dead and dying fish
- operating lifting equipment such as forklifts and small cranes
- harvesting fish, and sorting and packing for transportation
- restocking pens, pools, tanks, ponds, rivers and dams with juvenile fish
- collecting and recording growth, production and water quality data
Skill Level
Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications outlined below.