Occupation Atlaswater-based aquaculture technician
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/0d6bb2cc-06b0-481c-b553-2a973be03254
water-based aquaculture technician
Water-based aquaculture technicians coordinate and supervise activities on fattening aquaculture organisms in suspended systems (floating or submerged structures). They participate in extraction operations and handling organisms for commercialisation. Water-based aquaculture technicians supervise maintenance of equipment and facilities (cages, rafts, longlines, bouchot).
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Job Zone
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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
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Occupational interest profile
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic7.00
- C Conventional4.30
- I Investigative3.02
- S Social1.30
- E Enterprising1.08
- A Artistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians (49-3041.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (22)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- animal welfare legislation
- apply fish treatments
- aquaculture production planning software
- assess cage water quality
- calculate aquatic resources growth rate
- carry out feeding operations
- carry out maintenance of aquaculture equipment
- carry out preparations for fish disease specialist
- computerised feeding systems
- control aquatic production environment
- fish grading
- monitor aquaculture feeding behaviour
- monitor growth rates of cultivated fish species
- observe abnormal fish behaviour
- observe fish disease symptoms
- operate small craft
- organise shellfish depuration
- perform fish grading operations
- prepare for small craft operation
- preserve fish samples for diagnosis
- rates of growth assessment
- swim
Optional (19)
- collect broodstock
- communicate in an outdoor setting
- communicate verbal instructions
- develop aquaculture strategies
- ensure aquaculture personnel health and safety
- fish anatomy
- incidents and accidents recording
- maintain diving equipment
- maintain incident reporting records
- manage time in fishery operations
- report live online
- report pollution incidents
- report to the team leader
- screen live fish deformities
- use communication devices
- use different communication channels
- work in inclement conditions
- work in outdoor conditions
- write work-related reports
O*NET equivalents
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Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 22 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
aquaculture husbandry technician
15 shared · 20 more of its owncalculate aquatic resources growth rate, carry out maintenance of aquaculture equipment, aquaculture production planning software, rates of growth assessment
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aquaculture cage technician
13 shared · 25 more of its ownrates of growth assessment, apply fish treatments, assess cage water quality, carry out feeding operations
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aquaculture harvesting technician
9 shared · 29 more of its ownapply fish treatments, monitor aquaculture feeding behaviour, observe abnormal fish behaviour, carry out preparations for fish disease specialist
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water-based aquaculture worker
8 shared · 28 more of its ownassess cage water quality, observe abnormal fish behaviour, carry out preparations for fish disease specialist, prepare for small craft operation
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aquaculture husbandry manager
7 shared · 32 more of its owncalculate aquatic resources growth rate, aquaculture production planning software, rates of growth assessment, assess cage water quality
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aquaculture production manager
6 shared · 33 more of its ownaquaculture production planning software, monitor growth rates of cultivated fish species, rates of growth assessment, fish grading
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aquaculture recirculation technician
5 shared · 29 more of its ownmonitor growth rates of cultivated fish species, apply fish treatments, monitor aquaculture feeding behaviour, preserve fish samples for diagnosis
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aquaculture cage mooring worker
5 shared · 36 more of its ownassess cage water quality, monitor aquaculture feeding behaviour, prepare for small craft operation, operate small craft
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