Aquaculture husbandry technicians operate in aquatic organisms' production, specialising in the husbandry of ongrowing culture processes, especially in feeding and stock management.

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.