Occupation Atlasaquaculture cage technician
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/3206f826-7d53-4180-9797-e94ad9eaf841
aquaculture cage technician
Aquaculture cage technicians operate in the production of aquatic organisms in water-based (freshwater, brackish water, salt water) on-growing processes in cages.
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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
RICRealistic · Investigative · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic6.82
- I Investigative4.57
- C Conventional4.26
- E Enterprising1.99
- S Social1.46
- 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 Agricultural Technicians (19-4012.00): 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 (38)
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.
- apply fish treatments
- assess cage water quality
- carry out feeding operations
- carry out fish disease prevention measures
- carry out maintenance on cage equipment and machinery
- carry out preparations for fish disease specialist
- check diving equipment
- control aquatic production environment
- effect of water currents
- fish biology
- fish grading
- identify common aquatic species diseases
- implement fin fish feeding regimes
- maintain aquaculture cage equipment
- maintain diving equipment
- maintain grading equipment
- manage waste
- measure water flow
- measure water quality parameters
- monitor aquaculture feeding behaviour
- monitor feeding systems
- monitor fish health status
- monitor fish mortality rates
- monitor larval growth
- observe abnormal fish behaviour
- operate small craft
- operation of lifting gears
- perform diving interventions
- perform water chemistry analysis
- perform water treatments
- pests and diseases
- prepare for small craft operation
- preserve fish samples for diagnosis
- rates of growth assessment
- screen live fish deformities
- supervise cage net systems
- swim
- use water disinfection equipment
Optional (18)
- collect broodstock
- conduct fish mortality studies
- ensure aquaculture personnel health and safety
- handle harvested fish
- harvest aquatic resources
- have computer literacy
- maintain cage nets
- maintain internal communication systems
- maintain ropes
- make time-critical decisions
- operate an emergency communication system
- perform fish grading operations
- rope manipulation
- set up fish harvesting equipment
- speak different languages
- undertake continuous professional development in fishery operations
- use communication devices
- use different communication channels
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 38 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
aquaculture husbandry technician
14 shared · 21 more of its ownmonitor feeding systems, rates of growth assessment, apply fish treatments, implement fin fish feeding regimes
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water-based aquaculture technician
13 shared · 9 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
13 shared · 25 more of its ownmaintain grading equipment, apply fish treatments, monitor aquaculture feeding behaviour, observe abnormal fish behaviour
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water-based aquaculture worker
11 shared · 25 more of its ownoperation of lifting gears, assess cage water quality, measure water flow, observe abnormal fish behaviour
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aquaculture recirculation technician
10 shared · 24 more of its ownapply fish treatments, implement fin fish feeding regimes, monitor aquaculture feeding behaviour, perform water chemistry analysis
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aquaculture husbandry manager
9 shared · 30 more of its ownmonitor feeding systems, effect of water currents, rates of growth assessment, assess cage water quality
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aquaculture rearing technician
8 shared · 26 more of its owncarry out fish disease prevention measures, preserve fish samples for diagnosis, monitor fish health status, monitor fish mortality rates
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aquaculture husbandry worker
7 shared · 32 more of its owncarry out feeding operations, measure water flow, monitor larval growth, carry out preparations for fish disease specialist
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