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Aquaculture cage mooring worker

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

Other denominations:
Aquaculture cage mooring worker Fish cage mooring worker Fish farm cage mooring worker Fisheries cage mooring worker

Aquaculture cage mooring workers operate highly-specialised equipment in order to moor cages in stable stations, drifting cages or even self-propelled and semi-submerged cages.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Cleaning the sea-bed and feeding fish and molluscs that are being cultivated;
(b) Gathering seaweed, sea mosses, clams and other molluscs;
(c) Preparing nets, lines and other fishing tackle and other deck equipment;
(d) Operating fishing gear to catch fish and other marine life;
(e) Cleaning, sorting and packing fish and seafood in ice and salt, and stowing catch in hold;
(f) Cleaning deck surfaces and fish hold;
(g) Handling mooring lines during docking.

Knowledge

  • Occupational health and safety
  • Biology
  • Fisheries
  • Earth sciences
  • Building and civil engineering

Digital competencies

  • Tending and breeding aquatic animals
  • Operating watercraft
  • Operating communications equipment
  • Monitoring safety or security
  • Gathering information from physical or electronic sources

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

  • Working efficiently
  • Collaborating in teams and networks
  • Taking a proactive approach
  • Communicating
  • Leading others

Professional groups of the occupation

Elementary occupations

Agricultural, forestry and fishery labourers

Agricultural, forestry and fishery labourers

Fishery and aquaculture labourers

Other occupations of the professional group

Do you want to know what the hiring rate for this occupation is in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Fishery and aquaculture labourers

4

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

1,61%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-52,50% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

66,67%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

33,33%

Part-time contracts

1,00% Turnover index

2

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-8%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

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

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Agricultural, forestry and fishery labourers

83%

17%

Men
Women

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

Contracts by age groups.

Agricultural, forestry and fishery labourers

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

Agricultural, forestry and fishery labourers

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?

Fishery and aquaculture labourers

No experience
13%
Less than 1 year
8%
Between 1 and 2 years
26%
Between 2 and 4 years
40%
Between 4 and 8 years
5%
More than 8 years
8%
Manufacturing
34%
Construction
24%
Transportation and storage
11%
Other service activities
5%
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
4%
Others
22%

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.