Occupation Atlasaquaculture husbandry technician
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/e0628770-57f0-4cf2-952e-5b16547db8c1
aquaculture husbandry technician
Aquaculture husbandry technicians operate in aquatic organisms' production, specialising in the husbandry of ongrowing culture processes, especially in feeding and stock management.
Compare with another occupationCompare with water-based aquaculture technician
Job Zone
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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
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Occupational interest profile
RICRealistic · Investigative · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic6.82
- I Investigative4.57
- C Conventional4.26
- E Enterprising1.99
- S Social1.46
- A Artistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Agricultural Technicians (19-4012.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (35)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- 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
Optional (20)
- 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
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 35 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
water-based aquaculture technician
15 shared · 7 more of its owncalculate aquatic resources growth rate, carry out maintenance of aquaculture equipment, aquaculture production planning software, rates of growth assessment
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aquaculture cage technician
14 shared · 24 more of its ownmonitor feeding systems, rates of growth assessment, apply fish treatments, implement fin fish feeding regimes
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aquaculture husbandry manager
14 shared · 25 more of its ownaquaculture cultivation equipment, monitor feeding systems, calculate aquatic resources growth rate, ensure cage safety requirements are followed
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aquaculture harvesting technician
13 shared · 25 more of its ownapply fish treatments, identity aquaculture species, ensure compliance with aquaculture standards, monitor aquaculture feeding behaviour
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aquaculture recirculation technician
10 shared · 24 more of its ownapply fish treatments, identify risks in aquaculture facilities, implement fin fish feeding regimes, monitor aquaculture feeding behaviour
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aquaculture husbandry worker
9 shared · 30 more of its ownassist with vaccination procedures, use aquaculture heavy equipment, carry out maintenance of aquaculture equipment, measure the impact of specific aquaculture activity
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aquaculture harvesting manager
8 shared · 26 more of its ownensure cage safety requirements are followed, inspect aquaculture equipment, ensure compliance with aquaculture standards, fish grading
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aquaculture rearing technician
8 shared · 26 more of its ownensure compliance with aquaculture standards, treat fish diseases, preserve fish samples for diagnosis, monitor fish mortality rates
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