Aquaculture Husbandry Technician Market-oriented Skilled Forestry & Fishery Workers

The functioning of computered controlled systems that provide animal feeding.

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Feed and Feeding Practices in Aquaculture

D. Allen Davis

2022

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

Understand aquaculture cultivation equipment drawings and plans

The functioning principles and usage of a software dedicated to the planning of aquculture production.

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

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

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

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 …

Maintain an inventory of cultivation equipment and supplies. Order additional materials as needed.

Monitor fish mortalities and assess possible causes.

Measure water quality: temperature, oxygen, salinity, pH, N2, NO2,NH4, CO2, turbidity, chlorophyll. Monitor microbiological water quality.

Operate small craft used for transport and feeding.

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.

Move through water by means of the limbs.

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.

Assist skilled professional with immersions and injection vaccination procedures.

Calculate and forecast growth rates. Monitor and assess growth and biomass taking mortality into account, based on the different methods of growth assessment.

Maintain aquaculture equipment and identify equipment needs. Carry out routine maintenance and minor repairs as needed.

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

Perform activities that ensure monitoring and implementation of aquaculture health standards and health analysis of the fish population.

Identify the symptoms of fish diseases. Apply appropriate measures to treat or eliminate diagnosed conditions.

Ensure that personnel comply with cage safety requirements.

Ensure that operations comply with standards for sustainable aquaculture.

Identify the hazards and evaluate the risks to health and safety in aquaculture facilities.

Identity major European farmed fish, shellfish and crustacean species.

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 …

Inspect aquaculture harvesting tools and machinery to ensure that they work properly.

Identify and measure the biological, physico-chemical impacts of specific aquaculture farm activity on the environment. Carry out all necessary tests, including collection and processing of samples for analysis.

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.

Gather live fish using techniques which minimise the stress caused to fish and avoid fish escapes occurring. Grade them manually or using equipment. Report on the grading operation, ensuring compliance …

Spawn and rear food fish or exotic fish for commercial use.

Perform manual operations such as manually lift, transfer position and set down a load. Operate lifting gear such as winch, sea crane, telescopic loader, and forklift.

The procedures to follow in case there are escapees from cage systems.

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 …

Communicate with participants in more than one language of the European Union; handle a crisis following guidelines and recognise the importance of proper behaviour in crisis situations.

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

Communicate transparent instructions. Ensure that messages are understood and followed correctly.

Lead, supervise and motivate a group of people, in order to meet the expected results within a given timeline and with the foreseen resources in mind.

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

Make immediate operating decisions as necessary without reference to others, taking into account the circumstances and any relevant procedures and legislation. Determine alone which option is the best for a …

Pursue optimal time-critical decision making within the organisation.

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 …

Plan the work of teams and individuals. Assess the work of teams and individuals. Provide feedback to teams and individuals on work carried out. Support and mentor individuals and teams. …

Provide on-site training in aquaculture facilities, through instruction and demonstration of skills. Provide, implement and supervise a training development plan.

Provide training and orientation to new team members, or assign this task to an appropriately experienced team member.

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

To recognize the importance of team work, building and maintaining effective working relationships with all colleagues and within the business.

Work in rotating shifts, where the goal is to keep a service or production line running around the clock and each day of the week.

Gather dead fish in recipients like tanks and cages.

Assess the dive with the dive team upon completion. Instruct the diver(s) so as to improve procedures and routines for future dives.

Carry out contingency plans for cage escapees. Carry out fish capture escape operations.