Aquaculture Workers

Aquaculture Workers perform routine tasks in breeding and raising fish and other aquatic stock.

**Indicative skill level:**

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications outlined below.

#### In Australia:

- AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

#### In New Zealand:

- NZQF Level 1 qualification, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

For some occupations a short period of on-the-job training may be required in addition to or instead of the formal qualification. In some instances no formal qualification or on-the-job training may be required.

**Tasks include:**

- feeding and grading fish, and monitoring their growth - assisting with farm layout and constructing nets, long-lines and cages - checking and looking after equipment and fish housing - operating pumps and other equipment - testing and checking on water quality - removing dead and dying fish - operating lifting equipment such as forklifts and small cranes - harvesting fish, and sorting and packing for transportation - restocking pens, pools, tanks, ponds, rivers and dams with juvenile fish - collecting and recording growth, production and water quality data