Aquaculture harvesting technician to water-based aquaculture worker
An aquaculture harvesting technician already meets 44% of what the water-based aquaculture worker role asks for. The move turns on 22 required skills not yet in the profile.
68.5/ 100
1 How much of what a water-based aquaculture worker 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 worker role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A water-based aquaculture worker role treats 14 of its required skills as things an aquaculture harvesting technician already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- carry out fish disease prevention measures
- carry out fish transportation
- carry out preparations for fish disease specialist
- collect dead fish
- collect growth rate information
- fish welfare regulations
What stands in the way is 22 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 28 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A water-based aquaculture worker 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 carry out fish transportation handling and moving
- already held collect growth rate information information skills
- already held maintain fish harvesting equipment constructing
- already held prepare fish treatment facilities handling and moving
- already held apply fish harvest methods handling and moving
- already held handle harvested fish handling and moving
All 28 carried skills, including the 14 the water-based aquaculture worker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 29 missing skills fall into 10 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 depurate shellfish required
- still to learn maintain shellfish depuration equipment required
- still to learn collect fish samples for diagnosis required
- still to learn collect live fish required
- still to learn maintain waterbased aquaculture facilities required
- still to learn monitor aquaculture stock health standards required
- still to learn operate hatchery trays required
- still to learn prepare fish holding units required
- still to learn preserve fish samples for diagnosis required
- still to learn stock fish required
- still to learn transport fish required
- optional, not held perform diving interventions optional
- still to learn assess cage water quality required
- still to learn measure the impact of specific aquaculture activity required
- still to learn measure water flow required
- still to learn measure water quality parameters required
- still to learn collect biological data required
- still to learn operation of lifting gears required
- still to learn operation of transport equipment required
- still to learn work in a fishery team required
- still to learn pedagogy required
- still to learn rope manipulation required
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a water-based aquaculture worker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 depurate shellfish practise this
- 02 maintain shellfish depuration equipment practise this
- 03 assess cage water quality practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 28 skills that carry over
- already held carry out fish disease prevention measures skill
- already held carry out fish transportation skill
- already held carry out preparations for fish disease specialist skill
- already held collect dead fish skill
- already held collect growth rate information skill
- already held fish welfare regulations knowledge
- already held harvest aquatic resources skill
- already held observe abnormal fish behaviour skill
- already held operate fish capture equipment skill
- already held operate small craft skill
- already held perform fish grading operations skill
- already held prepare fish treatment facilities skill
- already held prepare for small craft operation skill
- already held swim skill
- already held apply fish harvest methods skill
- already held collect broodstock skill
- already held communicate by telephone skill
- already held communicate in an outdoor setting skill
- already held fish anatomy knowledge
- already held fish biology knowledge
- already held fish identification and classification knowledge
- already held handle harvested fish skill
- already held maintain fish harvesting equipment skill
- already held maintain internal communication systems skill
- already held monitor fish mortality rates skill
- already held screen live fish deformities skill
- already held set up fish harvesting equipment skill
- already held use communication devices skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn transfer fish required
- optional, not held fishing gear optional
- optional, not held fishing industry optional
- optional, not held animal welfare legislation optional
- optional, not held environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held check diving equipment optional
- optional, not held maintain diving equipment optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held check diving equipment optional
- optional, not held fishing gear optional
- optional, not held animal welfare legislation optional
- optional, not held environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held fishing industry optional
- optional, not held maintain diving equipment optional
- optional, not held perform diving interventions optional
29 held skills the water-based aquaculture worker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply fish treatments skill
- not needed by the target role biosecurity knowledge
- not needed by the target role calculate aquatic resources growth rate skill
- not needed by the target role communicate verbal instructions skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role control aquatic production environment skill
- not needed by the target role ensure aquaculture personnel health and safety 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 harvesting methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle fish harvesting waste skill
- not needed by the target role identity aquaculture species skill
- not needed by the target role incidents and accidents recording knowledge
- not needed by the target role lead a team skill
- not needed by the target role maintain grading equipment skill
- not needed by the target role manage teamwork skill
- not needed by the target role monitor aquaculture feeding behaviour skill
- not needed by the target role monitor fish health status skill
- not needed by the target role monitor growth rates of cultivated fish species 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 prepare health certificates for fishery products skill
- not needed by the target role report harvested fish production skill
- not needed by the target role speak different languages skill
- not needed by the target role work in inclement conditions skill
- not needed by the target role work in outdoor conditions skill
8 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 operation of lifting gears required
- still to learn operation of transport equipment required
- still to learn rope manipulation required
- still to learn pedagogy required
- optional, not held fishing gear optional
- optional, not held animal welfare legislation optional
- optional, not held environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held fishing industry optional
Other moves recorded from aquaculture harvesting technician
Common questions about this move
Can an aquaculture harvesting technician become a water-based aquaculture worker?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An aquaculture harvesting technician already covers 44% of what a water-based aquaculture worker is expected to do: 28 skills carry over, 14 of which the water-based aquaculture worker role treats as required.
What skills does an aquaculture harvesting technician need to become a water-based aquaculture worker?
22 required skills are missing, plus 7 optional ones. They fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is depurate shellfish.
How hard is the move from aquaculture harvesting technician to water-based aquaculture worker?
Its learning distance is 68.5 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.