841331 Aquaculture Worker

This occupation has a skill level corresponding to the qualifications and experience below.

Australia

• Skill Level 5: AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education

New Zealand

• Skill Level 5: NZQF Level 1 qualification, or compulsory secondary education

• Feeds and grades fish, and monitors their growth
• Assists with farm layout and constructs nets, long-lines, and cages
• Checks and looks after equipment and fish housing, and operates pumps and other equipment
• Tests and checks on water quality, and removes dead or dying fish
• Harvests fish and other aquatic stock, and sorts and packs it for transportation
• Restocks pens, pools, tanks, ponds, rivers, and dams with juvenile fish
• Collects and records growth, production, and water quality data
• May operate lifting equipment, such as forklifts and small cranes