Aquaculture Cage Technician Market-oriented Skilled Forestry & Fishery Workers

The study of fish, shellfish or crustacean organisms, categorized into many specialised fields that cover their morphology, physiology, anatomy, behaviour, origins and distribution.

Understand impact of water currents on fish farms, in cages, ponds, lagoons and rivers.

Types of pests and diseases and the principles of spreading and treating them.

The method of how fish are graded according to their different characteristics: specification, size, quality and condition.

Use of different types of lifting gears, such as winches, telescopic loaders, sea cranes, forklift trucks.

The different methods used to evaluate the growth of most important cultivated species.

Carry out disease prevention measures for fish, molluscs, and crustaceans for land-based and water-based aquaculture facilities.

Check diving equipment for valid certification to ensure its suitability. Ensure that any diving equipment is examined by a competent person before use, at least once on each day on …

Assess the impact of biological conditions such as algae and fouling organisms by managing water intakes, catchments and oxygen use.

Perform maintenance actions, including small repairs, on diving equipment.

Quality assure water by taking into consideration various elements, such as temperature.

Monitor fish mortalities and assess possible causes.

Operate small craft used for transport and feeding.

Perform hyperbaric interventions at a maximum pressure of 4 atmospheres. Prepare and review the personal equipment and the auxiliary material; perform and supervise the dive; realise maintenance of the diving …

Prepare for personnel operation of small craft, both with licence and without licence.

Collect and preserve larval, fish and mollusc samples or lesions for diagnosis by fish disease specialists.

Screen for deformities in live fish including larvae

Move through water by means of the limbs.

Operate equipment for water disinfection, using different methods and techniques, such as mechanical filtration, depending on needs.

Apply prescribed fish treatments under supervision, including assistance with vaccination immersion and injection procedures.

Make up feed on-site. Feed animals by hand or with feeding machines according to agreed protocols. Monitor animal feeding behaviour.

Analyse the quality of water by monitoring the state of temperature and oxygen, among other parameters.

Carry out manual feeding. Calibrate and operate automatic and computerised feeding systems.

Carry out maintenance on cage equipment and machinery, such as containment systems, lifting gear, transportation gear, disinfection equipment.

Prepare environment and equipment for fish disease specialist treatments, including vaccination treatments.

Handle and dispose of bio and chemical wastes in accordance with regulations.

Identify common aquatic species diseases. Observe and describe common symptoms and lesions.

Implement daily fin fish feeding regimes to take account of environmental variations. Check feeding regimes are followed through the accurate implementation of feeding procedures. Implement adjustments to feeding regimes to …

Ensure maintenance of aquaculture cage equipment, by carrying out tasks such as cleaning floats and arranging ropes in cages.

Set up equipment and areas to effectively grade fish according to requirements. Maintain the equipment in a serviceable condition throughout the grading process. Clean and store the equipment after use.

Measure water flow, water intakes and catchments.

Monitor feeding behaviour of farm animals. Collect information on the growth of the animals, and forecast future growth. Monitor and assess biomass taking mortality into account.

Make sure that feeders, feeding system and monitoring instruments are working. Analyse feedback from the instruments.

Monitor the health of fish, based on feeding and general behaviour. Interpret environmental parameters and analyse mortalities.

Observe, describe and monitor abnormal fish behaviour in respect of feeding, swimming, surfacing.

Perform water chemistry analysis

Perform regularly water testing, ensuring that water management and filtration processes follow reasonable management practices, industry standards, or commonly accepted farming practices. Record previous water contaminations, the source of contamination …

Supervise cage net changing and net repairs. Maintain and clean floats and mooring ropes.

Rope manipulation which relates to knotting and splicing.

Recommended Books

3 books

Reeds Splicing Handbook

Jan-Willem Polman

2018

Preview

Knotting and Splicing Ropes and Cordage

Paul N (Paul Nooncree) H…

2025

A. Hyatt Verrill's Knots, Splices and Rope Work

Hyatt Verrill

2018

Competent use of English; R351refers to level C1 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

Make sure that health and safety procedures have been established and followed across all aquaculture facilities including cages. Ensure that personnel and general public are instructed and all work activities …

Utilise computers, IT equipment and modern day technology in an efficient way.

Maintain an effective internal communication system among employees and department managers.

Pursue optimal time-critical decision making within the organisation.

Efficiently operate common communication systems used in emergencies, such as base station mobile transmitters and receivers, portable transmitters and receivers, repeaters, cellular phones, pagers, automated vehicle locators, and satellite phones …

Master foreign languages to be able to communicate in one or more foreign languages.

Operate communication devices in order to interact with customers, colleagues, and others.

Make use of various types of communication channels such as verbal, handwritten, digital and telephonic communication with the purpose of constructing and sharing ideas or information.

Collect fish mortality data. Identify causes of mortality and provide solutions .

Handle harvested fish in a manner which maintains flesh quality. Effectively store fish in chilled storage.

Grade fish, molluscs, crustaceans manually and use equipment in preparation for harvesting. Harvest shellfish for human consumption. Harvest live fish for live transport. Harvest all species in a humane manner. …

Maintain splices and knots in ropes.

Execute cleaning, drying and storage of removed cage nets.

Grade fish, molluscs, crustaceans manually and using equipment in preparation for harvesting.

Prepare fish harvesting equipment and facilities for the efficient slaughter of the fish and subsequent storage.

Set up fish harvesting equipment for the efficient slaughter of the fish and subsequent storage.

Initiate and progress in life long learning of the different challenging activities and operations which take place on board of a fishing vessel or in an aquaculture facility.