Aquaculture husbandry manager
Code 1312.2
Aquaculture husbandry managers specialise in the husbandry of ongrowing aquatic species, especially in the feeding, growth, and stock management processes.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- fish biology
- biosecurity
- fish grading
- effect of water currents
- husbandry and harvesting effects on aquatic resources
- aquaculture cultivation equipment
- rates of growth assessment
- animal welfare legislation
- fish harvesting methods
- fish welfare regulations
- escapee contingency plans
- incidents and accidents recording
Skills and competences
- assess cage water quality
- implement contingency plans for escapees
- implement fin fish feeding regimes
- calculate aquatic resources growth rate
- collaborate with animal related professionals
- control aquatic production environment
- monitor fish mortality rates
- monitor the use of resources in production
- monitor feeding systems
- develop fish health and welfare management plans
- develop stock health programmes
- ensure compliance with aquaculture standards
- ensure cage safety requirements are followed
- ensure aquaculture personnel health and safety
- manage water flows and catchments
- manage aquatic resources stock production
- identify risks in aquaculture facilities
- interpret scientific data to assess water quality
- maintain aquaculture equipment
- plan aquatic resources feeding regimes
- write work-related reports
- aquaculture production planning software
- supervise pest and disease control
- supervise waste disposal
- supervise waste water treatments
- supervisar trabajos en equipo
Transversal competences
- handle veterinary emergencies
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