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Aquaculture Workers
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Aquaculture Workers
Aquaculture Workers perform routine tasks in breeding and raising fish and other aquatic stock.
Fun facts
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Stable Future Growth
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68% full-time Full-Time Share
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14% female Gender Share
Tasks
There are many tasks done by aquaculture workers. A few are listed below:
- 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
Specific occupations
- Aquaculture Worker