Aquaculture harvesting technician to water-based aquaculture technician
An aquaculture harvesting technician already meets 51% of what the water-based aquaculture technician role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
57.3/ 100
1 How much of what a water-based aquaculture technician is expected to do is already part of an aquaculture harvesting technician’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the water-based aquaculture technician role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A water-based aquaculture technician role treats 11 of its required skills as things an aquaculture harvesting technician already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply fish treatments
- calculate aquatic resources growth rate
- carry out preparations for fish disease specialist
- control aquatic production environment
- monitor aquaculture feeding behaviour
- monitor growth rates of cultivated fish species
What stands in the way is 11 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 21 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A water-based aquaculture technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an aquaculture harvesting technician background worth leading with.
- already held calculate aquatic resources growth rate information skills
- already held monitor growth rates of cultivated fish species handling and moving
- already held apply fish treatments handling and moving
- already held monitor aquaculture feeding behaviour handling and moving
- already held observe abnormal fish behaviour information skills
- already held carry out preparations for fish disease specialist handling and moving
All 21 carried skills, including the 11 the water-based aquaculture technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 20 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn aquaculture production planning software required
- still to learn computerised feeding systems required
- still to learn fish grading required
- still to learn rates of growth assessment required
- still to learn observe fish disease symptoms required
- still to learn carry out feeding operations required
- still to learn preserve fish samples for diagnosis required
- still to learn assess cage water quality required
- optional, not held report pollution incidents optional
- optional, not held report to the team leader optional
- optional, not held maintain incident reporting records optional
- still to learn organise shellfish depuration required
- optional, not held manage time in fishery operations optional
- optional, not held develop aquaculture strategies optional
- still to learn carry out maintenance of aquaculture equipment required
- optional, not held maintain diving equipment optional
- still to learn animal welfare legislation required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a water-based aquaculture technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 observe fish disease symptoms practise this
- 02 organise shellfish depuration practise this
- 03 aquaculture production planning software study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 21 skills that carry over
- already held apply fish treatments skill
- already held calculate aquatic resources growth rate skill
- already held carry out preparations for fish disease specialist skill
- already held control aquatic production environment skill
- already held monitor aquaculture feeding behaviour skill
- already held monitor growth rates of cultivated fish species skill
- already held observe abnormal fish behaviour skill
- already held operate small craft skill
- already held perform fish grading operations skill
- already held prepare for small craft operation skill
- already held swim skill
- already held collect broodstock skill
- already held communicate in an outdoor setting skill
- already held communicate verbal instructions skill
- already held ensure aquaculture personnel health and safety skill
- already held fish anatomy knowledge
- already held incidents and accidents recording knowledge
- already held screen live fish deformities skill
- already held use communication devices skill
- already held work in inclement conditions skill
- already held work in outdoor conditions skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held report live online optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- optional, not held write work-related reports optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held manage time in fishery operations optional
- optional, not held report live online optional
- optional, not held report pollution incidents optional
- optional, not held report to the team leader optional
- optional, not held develop aquaculture strategies optional
- optional, not held maintain diving equipment optional
- optional, not held maintain incident reporting records optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- optional, not held write work-related reports optional
36 held skills the water-based aquaculture technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply fish harvest methods skill
- not needed by the target role biosecurity knowledge
- not needed by the target role carry out fish disease prevention measures skill
- not needed by the target role carry out fish transportation skill
- not needed by the target role collect dead fish skill
- not needed by the target role collect growth rate information skill
- not needed by the target role communicate by telephone skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with aquaculture standards skill
- not needed by the target role estimate harvest costs skill
- not needed by the target role extinguish fires skill
- not needed by the target role fighting fires at aquaculture facilities knowledge
- not needed by the target role fire-fighting systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role fish biology knowledge
- not needed by the target role fish harvesting methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role fish identification and classification knowledge
- not needed by the target role fish welfare regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle fish harvesting waste skill
- not needed by the target role handle harvested fish skill
- not needed by the target role harvest aquatic resources skill
- not needed by the target role identity aquaculture species skill
- not needed by the target role lead a team skill
- not needed by the target role maintain fish harvesting equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain grading equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain internal communication systems skill
- not needed by the target role manage teamwork skill
- not needed by the target role monitor fish health status skill
- not needed by the target role monitor fish mortality rates skill
- not needed by the target role monitor live fish collection skill
- not needed by the target role monitor treated fish skill
- not needed by the target role operate fish capture equipment skill
- not needed by the target role prepare fish treatment facilities skill
- not needed by the target role prepare health certificates for fishery products skill
- not needed by the target role report harvested fish production skill
- not needed by the target role set up fish harvesting equipment skill
- not needed by the target role speak different languages skill
5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn aquaculture production planning software required
- still to learn computerised feeding systems required
- still to learn fish grading required
- still to learn rates of growth assessment required
- still to learn animal welfare legislation required
Other moves recorded from aquaculture harvesting technician
Common questions about this move
Can an aquaculture harvesting technician become a water-based aquaculture technician?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An aquaculture harvesting technician already covers 51% of what a water-based aquaculture technician is expected to do: 21 skills carry over, 11 of which the water-based aquaculture technician role treats as required.
What skills does an aquaculture harvesting technician need to become a water-based aquaculture technician?
11 required skills are missing, plus 9 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary. The single most important is observe fish disease symptoms.
How hard is the move from aquaculture harvesting technician to water-based aquaculture technician?
Its learning distance is 57.3 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.