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80022.00 – Managers in aquaculture

Managers in aquaculture manage operations of facilities which cultivate and harvest fish, shellfish or marine plants for replenishment of wildlife stocks or for commercial sale.

Overview

Example job titles

  • Aquaculture manager
  • Aquaculture operator
  • Fish farm operator
  • Fish farmer
  • Fish hatchery manager
  • Fish hatchery operator
  • Mussel grower
  • Oyster grower
  • Salmon grower
  • Trout farmer

Core competencies

  • Decision Making to optimize operations and address challenges promptly to ensure the overall success of aquaculture projects and environments
  • Management of Material Resources to ensure resources are stocked and used effectively, such as feed, water treatment products and equipment
  • Fluency of Ideas to adopt innovative practices regarding breeding, feeding or managing aquatic species to improve growth rates, sustainability and efficiency
  • Problem Identification and Deductive Reasoning to identify disease outbreaks, water quality issues or feed deficiencies to swiftly address these issues and minimize impact on aquatic stocks
  • Leadership to inspire trust and commitment in staff in order to implement strategies, handle unforeseen challenges and maintain high productivity
  • Knowledge in Livestock, Farm Animals & Wildlife to provide appropriate care, optimize conditions for growth and ensure the health and productivity of fish, shellfish or marine plants

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • Manage the overall operation of a fish hatchery, fish farm or other aquatic farm
  • Identify requirements of the species and select and oversee preparation of site for species cultivation
  • Co-ordinate selection and maintenance of brood stock
  • Determine food requirements and structure feeding regimes
  • Monitor environment and maintain optimum conditions
  • Conduct and supervise stock examination to identify disease or parasites, and apply prescribed medicinal substances to control and prevent infection
  • Operate and maintain cultivating and harvesting equipment
  • Collect and record growth and production data
  • Manage and train aquaculture and fish hatchery support workers and supervise technicians and technologists
  • Maintain financial records and establish market strategies, inventory and quality control methods
  • May scuba dive to inspect sea farm operations
  • May design and construct pens, floating stations and collector strings or fences for sea farms.

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NOC hierarchy breakdown

NOC version

NOC 2021 Version 1.0

Broad occupational category

8 – Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations

TEER

0 – Management occupations

Major group

80 – Middle management occupations in production and agriculture

Sub-major group

800 – Middle management occupations in production and agriculture

Minor group

8002 – Managers in agriculture, horticulture and aquaculture

Unit group

80022 – Managers in aquaculture

Occupational profile

80022.00 – Managers in aquaculture

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