Aquaculture Technician In Training

About the role

The Aquaculture Technician in Training will demonstrate a passion for fish husbandry, a good work ethic, attention to detail and will perform a variety of aquaculture husbandry duties to include daily farm chores including feeding, mortality removal, and screen scrubbing.

Essential Functions

• Knowledge of the facility including sections, pond numbers, and rearing areas
• Understands role on the farm and is dependable, trustworthy, and consistent
• General understanding of the feed schedule
• Knows locations of offline settling ponds and sumps
• Knows locations of influent valves and head ditches
• Knowledge about fish barriers and their uses including tail screens, jump board, graders, screens, etc.
• Awareness of potential farm hazards
• Awareness of significant manure build-up, wasted feed, and broken tail screens
• Awareness of technician’s activities and the meaning and significance of withdrawal tags on the ponds. SDS locations and their use
• Biosecurity Hatch-house, outdoor, and disinfections
• Counting and picking mortality
• Monitors fish behavior and bring any abnormalities to supervisor’s attention
• Assists with fish transfers
• Performs routine maintenance on equipment and systems
• Routine cleaning including sweeping raceways, cleaning and repairing graders and equipment on farms
• Completes all tasks including based on required safety guidelines
• Participates in all safety training
• Willingness to perform any task on the farm, not just one specific job or task despite the job, skill or seniority of an individual
• Performs and practices bio-security procedures around the farm
• Maintains appropriate housekeeping and sanitation procedures on the farm ensuring proper protocol and required biosecurity measures are followed
• Provides prompt, friendly and courteous service to internal and external customers
• Helps out with other areas on the farm when needed

Requirements

• Attention to detail
• Safety
• Continual Improvement

Qualifications

• The ability to speak, read, understand and follow directions with or without reasonable accommodations is required.
• Driver’s license and good driving record required with reliable transportation to and from the work site.
• High school Education or GED preferred
• Aquaculture experience preferred
• Aquaculture or related degree preferred

Skills

• Fish Husbandry
• Biosecurity
• Equipment Maintenance
• Grading Techniques
• Pond Hygiene
• Safety Compliance
• Attention To Detail
• Animal Behavior Monitoring
• Waste Management
• Vehicle Maintenance

Benefits

• Excellent comprehensive benefits to our employees to ensure their health which include medical, dental, vision, 401K with company match, life insurance, short term & long-term disability plans and more!

Pay

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Schedule

Full-time position is 5 days a week, which could include weekends (Saturday and Sunday).

Part time position work as needed weekly hours will vary based on location needs.

Expected hours of work begins in the early morning hours and will typically end mid-afternoon as determined by the location’s needs.

Travel

Local travel is required.