From water-based aquaculture technician to aquaculture cage technician
13 of the 38 essential skills of a aquaculture cage technician are already essential for a water-based aquaculture technician — about 34% 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
- 25
- would be new
- 34%
- of the target job covered
- 38
- essential skills of a aquaculture cage technician
What a aquaculture cage technician does
Aquaculture cage technicians operate in the production of aquatic organisms in water-based (freshwater, brackish water, salt water) on-growing processes in cages.
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
25 skillsEssential for a aquaculture cage technician and not for a water-based aquaculture technician. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- carry out fish disease prevention measures
- carry out maintenance on cage equipment and machinery
- check diving equipment
- effect of water currents
- fish biology
- identify common aquatic species diseases
- implement fin fish feeding regimes
- maintain aquaculture cage equipment
- maintain diving equipment
- maintain grading equipment
- manage waste
- measure water flow
- measure water quality parameters
- monitor feeding systems
- monitor fish health status
- monitor fish mortality rates
- monitor larval growth
- operation of lifting gears
- perform diving interventions
- perform water chemistry analysis
- perform water treatments
- pests and diseases
- screen live fish deformities
- supervise cage net systems
- use water disinfection equipment
Other moves from water-based aquaculture technician
1 roles- aquaculture husbandry technician15 skills in common
← water-based aquaculture technicianaquaculture cage technician →The other way round
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