Aquaculture production manager
Code 1312.3
Aquaculture production managers plan, direct and coordinate the production of fish, shellfish or other forms of aquatic life such as cash crops, in large-scale aquaculture operations to culture and harvest or for release into fresh, brackish or salt water.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- fish biology
- biosecurity
- fish grading
- husbandry and harvesting effects on aquatic resources
- fresh water ecosystems
- rates of growth assessment
- environmental legislation
- animal welfare legislation
- fish harvesting methods
- quality standards applicable to aquaculture products
- escapee contingency plans
- principles of insurance
- design principles of containment systems
- aquaculture reproduction
- shellfish cultivation systems
Skills and competences
- apply company policies
- implement contingency plans for escapees
- compare production forecasts with actual results
- control aquatic production environment
- monitor the use of resources in production
- develop management plans to reduce risks in aquaculture
- develop stock health programmes
- ensure aquaculture personnel health and safety
- manage aquatic resources stock production
- manage a small-to-medium business
- plan aquatic resources feeding regimes
- planificar tareas de equipos e individuos
- write work-related reports
- aquaculture production planning software
- deliver aquatic products to customer specifications
- supervise aquaculture facilities
- supervise waste disposal
- monitor growth rates of cultivated fish species
- supervise waste water treatments
- treat fish diseases
Transversal competences
- perform project management
- provide on-site training in aquaculture facilities
- monitor the farm environmental management plan
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