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Overview
Aquaculture husbandry technicians work in production of aquatic organisms, with particular focus on feeding, ongrowing culture processes and stock management.
In job descriptions, look for fish or shellfish stocks, feeding routines, water quality checks, tanks or cages, growth monitoring, husbandry records, health observation and production planning.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Aquaculture husbandry technician work is hands-on in hatcheries, tanks, ponds, cages or other aquatic production units. Daily attention goes to feeding, stock condition, water quality, growth and orderly husbandry records.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include feeding routines, stock handling, aquatic organism health observation, water-quality checks, biosecurity habits, growth monitoring, equipment cleaning and careful records for production decisions.
Salary context
Salary context depends on production scale, species, shift or seasonal work, responsibility for stock survival, feeding systems, water-quality monitoring and whether the technician supervises routine husbandry tasks.
Career paths
Paths can start in aquaculture work, fisheries, animal care or farm production and move toward senior husbandry, site coordination, hatchery operations, stock management or production supervision.
Good to know
Check adverts for the species raised, feeding method, tank or cage systems, water-quality duties, health checks, record keeping, weekend coverage and whether work is mainly routine care or production coordination.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for aquaculture husbandry technician work. It is not official labour-market statistics or salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Aquaculture
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include aquaculture cage technician, aquaculture harvesting technician and aquaculture recirculation technician.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 1
Agricultural Technicians
19-4012.00
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
03.2Aquaculture
Alternative labels
Occupation group
Aquaculture workers (6221)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/e0628770-57f0-4cf2-952e-5b16547db8c1 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 6221.6 |
| ISCO group | 6221 |
| Concept type | Occupation |