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Overview
Water-based aquaculture technicians coordinate feeding and fattening of fish or shellfish in floating or submerged systems such as cages, rafts, longlines and bouchots.
In job descriptions, look for open-water aquaculture, feeding operations, water quality checks, fish health observation, extraction, grading, handling for sale, equipment maintenance and incident records.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Open-water aquaculture work is tied to cages, rafts, longlines and changing weather. The technician coordinates feeding, checks fish behaviour and water quality, and keeps equipment ready for extraction or handling.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes feed planning, cage water quality, disease symptoms, grading, live-fish deformity checks and clear radio or mobile communication outdoors. Shellfish work may add depuration routines and careful batch handling.
Salary context
Pay expectations usually reflect site responsibility, species, boat or platform work, weekend coverage, incident reporting and whether the role supervises feeding teams or maintenance of cages and rafts.
Career paths
Progression can move toward site lead, production planning, health monitoring, harvest coordination, equipment maintenance leadership or advisory work on aquaculture feeding strategies.
Good to know
Check whether an advert names the cultured species, water system, feeding technology, extraction work, safety routines and reporting tools. A clear role separates open-water production from hatchery or land-based tank work.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
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Occupation group
Aquaculture workers (6221)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/0d6bb2cc-06b0-481c-b553-2a973be03254 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 6221.11 |
| ISCO group | 6221 |
| Concept type | Occupation |