Occupation Atlaswater-based aquaculture worker
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/aa0fd823-2f45-41c8-a3c6-97d97885e455
water-based aquaculture worker
Water-based aquaculture workers carry out manual activities in the ongrowing processes of cultured aquatic organisms in water-based suspended systems (floating or submerged structures). They participate in extraction operations and the handling of organisms for commercialisation. Water-based aquaculture workers maintain and clean facilities (nets, mooring ropes, cages).
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Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic6.78
- C Conventional2.95
- I Investigative2.66
- S Social2.50
- E Enterprising1.92
- A Artistic1.42
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 Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals (45-2093.00): 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 (36)
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.
- assess cage water quality
- carry out fish disease prevention measures
- carry out fish transportation
- carry out preparations for fish disease specialist
- collect biological data
- collect dead fish
- collect fish samples for diagnosis
- collect growth rate information
- collect live fish
- depurate shellfish
- fish welfare regulations
- harvest aquatic resources
- maintain shellfish depuration equipment
- maintain waterbased aquaculture facilities
- measure the impact of specific aquaculture activity
- measure water flow
- measure water quality parameters
- monitor aquaculture stock health standards
- observe abnormal fish behaviour
- operate fish capture equipment
- operate hatchery trays
- operate small craft
- operation of lifting gears
- operation of transport equipment
- pedagogy
- perform fish grading operations
- prepare fish holding units
- prepare fish treatment facilities
- prepare for small craft operation
- preserve fish samples for diagnosis
- rope manipulation
- stock fish
- swim
- transfer fish
- transport fish
- work in a fishery team
Optional (21)
- animal welfare legislation
- apply fish harvest methods
- check diving equipment
- collect broodstock
- communicate by telephone
- communicate in an outdoor setting
- environmental legislation
- fish anatomy
- fish biology
- fish identification and classification
- fishing gear
- fishing industry
- handle harvested fish
- maintain diving equipment
- maintain fish harvesting equipment
- maintain internal communication systems
- monitor fish mortality rates
- perform diving interventions
- screen live fish deformities
- set up fish harvesting equipment
- use communication devices
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 36 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
aquaculture cage mooring worker
15 shared · 26 more of its owntransfer fish, prepare fish holding units, stock fish, carry out fish transportation
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aquaculture husbandry worker
13 shared · 26 more of its ownprepare fish holding units, stock fish, collect growth rate information, measure the impact of specific aquaculture activity
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aquaculture harvesting technician
12 shared · 26 more of its ownprepare fish treatment facilities, harvest aquatic resources, operate fish capture equipment, collect dead fish
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aquaculture cage technician
11 shared · 27 more of its ownoperation of lifting gears, assess cage water quality, measure water flow, observe abnormal fish behaviour
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aquaculture harvesting worker
10 shared · 12 more of its owntransport fish, harvest aquatic resources, measure water flow, operate fish capture equipment
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water-based aquaculture technician
8 shared · 14 more of its ownassess cage water quality, observe abnormal fish behaviour, carry out preparations for fish disease specialist, prepare for small craft operation
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aquaculture husbandry technician
8 shared · 27 more of its ownmeasure the impact of specific aquaculture activity, monitor aquaculture stock health standards, carry out preparations for fish disease specialist, prepare for small craft operation
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aquaculture recirculation technician
5 shared · 29 more of its owncarry out fish disease prevention measures, preserve fish samples for diagnosis, fish welfare regulations, measure water quality parameters
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