Aquaculture Technician in Training Part-Time

Description What it’s really like to work here

At Riverence, we do things differently. We work together as a team, like a close-knit family, to achieve innovation, initiative, and encouragement in the workplace. We are on the mission to raise the standards of aquaculture, redefine what it means to be a responsible fishery and become the leading provider of truly sustainable seafood.

Riverence consists of facilities located primarily in the Magic Valley of ID that range from 14 different fish farms, a research and development facility, a processing plant, and 4 brood facilities that are located in WA and rural ID. We offer 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!

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
• Maintains appropriate housekeeping and sanitation procedures on the farm ensuring proper protocol and required biosecurity measures are followed

Responsibilities

• 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
• 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
• Other duties as required

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.