Acclimation Team

About the role

The acclimation aquarist 1 is responsible for the acclimation of all newly arriving animals into the facility’s water quality and holding system conditions.

Responsibilities

• Unload, weigh, and sort boxes after arrival.
• Fill the first-stage acclimation water barrel.
• Clean holding aquaria.
• Open boxes, remove airline/shipper labels, and sort contents.
• Open bags and acclimate fish to system conditions.
• Take water samples, measure with water quality equipment, and record on assessment document.
• Drain acclimation buckets as they fill and move to empty locations on the treatment table.
• Cover new arrivals to reduce stress.
• Assist in putting up the labels.
• Clean up acclimation area.
• Stack boxes and throw away trash and recycling.
• Measure and assist in salt addition to the system.
• Perform physical inventory counts as needed.
• Provide coverage for marine and freshwater husbandry tasks as needed.
• Make space as needed.
• Put away fish/inverts as needed.
• Other responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

• Hard working.
• Ability to multi-task, work under pressure, meet deadlines, and thrive in a fast-paced work environment.
• Weekend and holiday work required.
• Night shift work required.
• Standing for more than 7 hours per day.
• Overtime work as required.
• Ability to lift 50 lbs.

Schedule

Weekend and holiday work required; night shift work required; overtime work as required.