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841111 · ANZSCO V1.3

Aquaculture Worker

Classification
Occupation
Skill level
5
Major group
Labourers

Classification

Major group
8Labourers

Description

Performs routine tasks in breeding and raising fish and other aquatic stock.

Unit group

8411 · Aquaculture Workers

Description

UNIT GROUP 8411 AQUACULTURE WORKERS AQUACULTURE WORKERS perform routine tasks in breeding and raising fish and other aquatic stock.

Skill level

Occupation skill level 5

Australia

AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

New Zealand

NZQF Level 1 qualification, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5) For some occupations a short period of on-the-job training may be required in addition to or instead of the formal qualification. In some instances no formal qualification or on-the-job training may be required.

Tasks

Tasks include

  • 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

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