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85102.00 – Aquaculture and marine harvest labourers

Aquaculture and marine harvest labourers include aquaculture support workers, marine plant gatherers, shellfish diggers and other labourers in aquaculture and fishing.

Overview

Example job titles

  • Aquaculture support worker
  • Clam digger
  • Dulse gatherer
  • Fish farm helper
  • Fish tagger
  • Fry marker
  • Marine plant gatherer
  • Oyster picker
  • Sea farm attendant
  • Seaweed gatherer
  • Shellfish harvester

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • Assist aquaculture technicians in the operation of fish hatcheries or other aquatic farms
  • Feed aquaculture stocks, vaccinate stocks, perform culling and marking or banding techniques and report any observed irregularities in stocks
  • Operate, maintain and clean pumps, filters, tanks and other aquaculture equipment and clean and maintain aquaculture enclosures
  • Keep daily records of water flow and fish, shellfish and marine plant samples
  • Grade and weigh aquaculture stocks
  • Prepare aquaculture stocks for market
  • Rake seaweed, dulse or Irish moss from beach, rocks or shallow water and load into a cart, wagon or other receptacles
  • Spread gatherings to dry and remove foreign objects
  • Transport gatherings to processing plant
  • Dig clams from beds with spades, forks or other instruments, or collect other mollusks
  • Clean, sort and transport mollusks to market
  • May operate boats for aquaculture operations.

Additional information

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Similar occupations classified elsewhere

Exclusions:

  • Fishermen/women (83121)
  • Fishing vessel deckhands (84121)
  • Managers in aquaculture (80022)

NOC hierarchy breakdown

NOC version

NOC 2021 Version 1.0

Broad occupational category

8 – Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations

TEER

5 – Occupations usually require short-term work demonstration and no formal education

Major group

85 – Harvesting, landscaping and natural resources labourers

Sub-major group

851 – Harvesting, landscaping and natural resources labourers

Minor group

8510 – Agriculture, horticulture and harvesting labourers and related occupations

Unit group

85102 – Aquaculture and marine harvest labourers

Occupational profile

85102.00 – Aquaculture and marine harvest labourers

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