aquaculture worker

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

No experience (will train)

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• In/on water
• Wet/damp
• Odours
• Cold/refrigerated

Work setting

• Mussel sites (land/barge)
• Commercial aquatic farm

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Feed aquaculture stock
• Maintain aquaculture equipment
• Operate aquaculture equipment
• Write daily basic progress reports
• Cull, mark or tag aquaculture stocks
• Rake and gather marine plants
• Spread and dry marine plants
• Transport marine plants to processing plants
• Dig shellfish from shellfish beds
• Clean, sort and pack shellfish
• Assist aquaculture technicians in the operation of fish hatcheries or other aquatic farms
• Grade and weigh aquaculture stocks

Experience and specialization

Type of aquaculture operations

• Aquaculture — mussels

Type of fishing

• Mussel socking and harvesting

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Manual dexterity
• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Large workload

Weight handling

• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Personal suitability

• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Judgement
• Team player