Skills
57 skills are associated with this occupation.
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Overview
Water-based aquaculture worker work is manual production work with farmed aquatic organisms in floating or submerged systems, including cages, nets, mooring ropes and holding units.
In job descriptions, look for water-quality checks, fish welfare, mortality monitoring, harvesting equipment, stocking, grading, cage cleaning, small craft, rope handling and communication in outdoor water settings.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Water-based aquaculture work takes place around cages, nets, ropes, floating structures, small craft and live stock. Tasks can include cleaning, stocking, grading, harvesting, collecting dead fish and observing abnormal behaviour.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes water-quality parameters, fish welfare, mortality rates, disease-prevention measures, harvest equipment, rope handling and safe outdoor communication. Some roles add diving or shellfish depuration equipment.
Salary context
Pay context is shaped by outdoor exposure, vessel or diving duties, stock responsibility, harvesting intensity, maintenance tasks, biosecurity routines and whether the role leads others or performs manual support.
Career paths
Career development can move toward senior farm hand, harvest coordination, site maintenance, stock-health monitoring, small-craft operation, aquaculture team leadership or specialist support for fish treatment.
Good to know
Read adverts for the production system: cages, longlines, shellfish, fish stock or mixed work. Clear roles state water checks, welfare observations, cleaning duties, harvest periods and boat or diving expectations.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
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Occupation group
Fishery and aquaculture labourers (9216)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/aa0fd823-2f45-41c8-a3c6-97d97885e455 |
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| ESCO code | 9216.4 |
| ISCO group | 9216 |
| Concept type | Occupation |