Skills
50 skills are associated with this occupation.
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Essential knowledge
5 skills
Essential skills / competences
29 skills
Optional knowledge
1 skill
Optional skills / competences
15 skills
Overview
Aquaculture rearing technicians work in hatchery and nursery production for aquatic organisms, with a focus on rearing, weaning and producing juveniles for further grow-out.
In job descriptions, look for broodstock care, larval feeding, water quality, hatchery records, juvenile production, fish health, biosecurity, plankton culture and hatchery equipment.
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Aquaculture rearing technicians work close to tanks, hatchery systems and nursery stock. The work follows feeding, weaning, water quality, mortality checks and juvenile growth through daily records.
Skills and specialization
Useful depth includes fish biology, aquaculture reproduction, larval feeding, plankton culture, biosecurity, water disinfection, oxygenation equipment and hatchery maintenance. Keep the hatchery, nursery stock and juvenile survival in view.
Salary context
Salary context depends on hatchery scale, species, shift patterns, responsibility for live stock, water-quality control, disease prevention and staff supervision.
Career paths
Development can move toward hatchery coordination, broodstock management, fish health support, recirculation-system operation, production planning or aquaculture team leadership. Keep juvenile survival visible.
Good to know
Check species, life stage, tanks or recirculation systems, health checks, feeding routines, records and emergency duties. A precise advert names hatchery or nursery work.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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Occupation group
Aquaculture workers (6221)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/802d3a2f-b966-42e3-94df-683adfcff20c |
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| ESCO code | 6221.9 |
| ISCO group | 6221 |
| Concept type | Occupation |