From aquaculture cage technician to water-based aquaculture technician
13 of the 22 essential skills of a water-based aquaculture technician are already essential for a aquaculture cage technician — about 59% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 13
- skills carry over
- 9
- would be new
- 59%
- of the target job covered
- 22
- essential skills of a water-based aquaculture technician
What a water-based aquaculture technician does
Water-based aquaculture technicians coordinate and supervise activities on fattening aquaculture organisms in suspended systems (floating or submerged structures). They participate in extraction operations and handling organisms for commercialisation. Water-based aquaculture technicians supervise maintenance of equipment and facilities (cages, rafts, longlines, bouchot).
What carries over
13 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- apply fish treatments
- assess cage water quality
- carry out feeding operations
- carry out preparations for fish disease specialist
- control aquatic production environment
- fish grading
- monitor aquaculture feeding behaviour
- observe abnormal fish behaviour
- operate small craft
- prepare for small craft operation
- preserve fish samples for diagnosis
- rates of growth assessment
- swim
What would be new
9 skillsEssential for a water-based aquaculture technician and not for a aquaculture cage technician. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- animal welfare legislation
- aquaculture production planning software
- calculate aquatic resources growth rate
- carry out maintenance of aquaculture equipment
- computerised feeding systems
- monitor growth rates of cultivated fish species
- observe fish disease symptoms
- organise shellfish depuration
- perform fish grading operations
Other moves from aquaculture cage technician
2 roles- aquaculture husbandry technician14 skills in common
- aquaculture harvesting technician13 skills in common
← aquaculture cage technicianwater-based aquaculture technician →The other way round
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How far are you from being a water-based aquaculture technician?
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