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Aquaculture harvesting technician

Latest available data: December 2025 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Aquaculture harvest technician Aquaculture harvesting inspector Aquaculture harvesting technician Aquatic harvester Aquatic harvester operator Fish farm harvesting technician Fisheries harvesting technician Harvest technician Harvesting technician Marine harvesting inspector Marine harvesting manager Technician in aquaculture harvesting Water harvesting inspector Water harvesting operative

Aquaculture harvesting technicians operate the harvesting process of aquatic organisms' production, managing the complex equipment and machinery used in the harvesting of specific cultured species.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Breeding, raising and cultivating fish, mussels, oysters and other forms of aquatic life as cash crops or for release into freshwater or saltwater;
(b) Collecting and recording growth, production and environmental data;
(c) Conducting and supervising stock examinations in order to identify diseases or parasites;
(d) Monitoring environments to ensure maintenance of optimum conditions for aquatic life;
(e) Directing and monitoring trapping and spawning of fish, egg incubation and fry rearing, applying knowledge of management and fish culturing techniques;
(f) Cleaning, freezing, icing or salting catch on- or offshore, and preparing fish and other products for shipment;
(g) Maintaining buildings, tanks, machinery, boats and other equipment;
(h) Delivering or marketing products;
(i) Renting or investing in buildings, equipment and machinery, and purchasing food and other supplies;
(j) Supervising and training aquaculture and fish hatchery support workers.

Knowledge

  • Biology
  • Fisheries
  • Medicine
  • Occupational health and safety
  • Protection of persons and property

Digital competencies

  • Tending and breeding aquatic animals
  • Providing therapy or veterinary treatment for animals
  • Monitoring health conditions of humans and animals
  • Maintaining and enforcing physical security
  • Operating watercraft

Digital competencies

No skills and knowledge of the occupation have been found. Only skills and knowledge relevant and requested by companies in their job offers are displayed.

Personal competencies

  • Leading others
  • Working efficiently
  • Communicating
  • Demonstrating willingness to learn

Professional groups of the occupation

Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers

Market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting workers

Fishery workers, hunters and trappers

Aquaculture workers

Other occupations of the professional group

Related training

Vocational training
  • Aquaculture IVET
  • Coastal navigation and fishing IVET
Certificates of professionalism
  • Maintenance and improvement of the hunting-fish habitat CP2
  • Local Fishing CP2
  • Handling and conservation in fisheries and aquaculture CP2
  • Production in aquaculture hatchery CP2
  • Live feed production CP2

Legend by training level:

Bachelor's degree and Master's degree
HVET: Higher Vocational Education and Training, IVET: Initial Vocational Education and Training, IQP: Initial Qualification Programme
Certificates of professionalism 1, 2, or 3

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting workers

85%

15%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting workers

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Fishery workers, hunters and trappers

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Aquaculture workers

Manufacturing
100%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.