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Aquaculture cage technician

Latest available data: December 2024 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Aquaculture cage technician Aquaculture support worker Cage technician Fish cage technician Technician in aquaculture cages

Aquaculture cage technicians operate in the production of aquatic organisms in water-based (freshwater, brackish water, salt water) on-growing processes in cages.

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

  • Fisheries
  • Biology
  • Building and civil engineering
  • Medicine
  • Transport services

Digital competencies

  • Installing wooden and metal components
  • Tending and breeding aquatic animals
  • Monitoring health conditions of humans and animals
  • Feeding and grooming animals
  • Providing therapy or veterinary treatment for animals

Digital competencies

  • Accessing and analysing digital data

Personal competencies

  • Taking a proactive approach

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

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Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Aquaculture workers

1

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

3,03%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

,00% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

100,00%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

,00%

Part-time contracts

1,00% Turnover index

7

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

27%

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.

Market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting workers

87%

13%

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.