Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

aquaculture harvesting workertowater-based aquaculture technician

A aquaculture harvesting worker already meets 29% of what the water-based aquaculture technician role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.

From aquaculture harvesting worker
29%
Overlap1
To water-based aquaculture technician
13 Skills carried over
16 Required, not held
74.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

29%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

74.6/ 100

1 Share of the water-based aquaculture technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the aquaculture harvesting worker profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A water-based aquaculture technician role treats 6 of its required skills as things a aquaculture harvesting worker already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • carry out preparations for fish disease specialist
  • monitor aquaculture feeding behaviour
  • operate small craft
  • perform fish grading operations
  • prepare for small craft operation
  • swim

What stands in the way is 16 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 13 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 a aquaculture harvesting worker background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held monitor aquaculture feeding behaviour handling and moving
  • already held carry out preparations for fish disease specialist handling and moving
  • already held prepare for small craft operation working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held operate small craft working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held perform fish grading operations handling and moving
  • already held report to the team leader information skills

All 13 carried skills, including the 6 the water-based aquaculture technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 28 missing skills fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 handling and moving 6 required
  • required, not held observe fish disease symptoms required
  • required, not held apply fish treatments required
  • required, not held carry out feeding operations required
  • required, not held monitor growth rates of cultivated fish species required
  • required, not held preserve fish samples for diagnosis required
  • required, not held control aquatic production environment required
02 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 4 required
  • required, not held aquaculture production planning software required
  • required, not held computerised feeding systems required
  • required, not held fish grading required
  • required, not held rates of growth assessment required
03 information skills 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held assess cage water quality required
  • required, not held calculate aquatic resources growth rate required
  • required, not held observe abnormal fish behaviour required
  • optional, not held report pollution incidents optional
  • optional, not held maintain incident reporting records optional
04 management skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held organise shellfish depuration required
  • optional, not held manage time in fishery operations optional
  • optional, not held develop aquaculture strategies optional
05 constructing 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held carry out maintenance of aquaculture equipment required
  • optional, not held maintain diving equipment optional
06 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held animal welfare legislation required

4 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

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.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 13 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held carry out preparations for fish disease specialist skill
  • already held monitor aquaculture feeding 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 verbal instructions skill
  • already held report to the team leader skill
  • 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 4 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held communicate in an outdoor setting optional
  • optional, not held report live online optional
  • optional, not held use different communication channels optional
  • optional, not held write work-related reports optional
08 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held ensure aquaculture personnel health and safety optional
09 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held fish anatomy optional
10 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held incidents and accidents recording optional
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held communicate in an outdoor setting optional
  • optional, not held fish anatomy optional
  • optional, not held incidents and accidents recording optional
  • 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 develop aquaculture strategies optional
  • optional, not held ensure aquaculture personnel health and safety 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
27 held skills the water-based aquaculture technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • 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 collect dead fish skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate by telephone skill
  • not needed by the target role cooperate with colleagues skill
  • 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 fishing industry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role follow hygienic practices in fishery operations skill
  • not needed by the target role follow safety precautions in fishery operations skill
  • 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 implement fin fish feeding regimes skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain fish harvesting equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role measure water flow skill
  • not needed by the target role measure water quality parameters skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor fish mortality rates skill
  • not needed by the target role operate fish capture equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operation of transport equipment knowledge
  • not needed by the target role rope manipulation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role set up fish harvesting equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role transport fish skill
  • not needed by the target role undertake continuous professional development in fishery operations skill
  • not needed by the target role work in shifts skill
7 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held aquaculture production planning software required
  • required, not held computerised feeding systems required
  • required, not held fish grading required
  • required, not held rates of growth assessment required
  • required, not held animal welfare legislation required
  • optional, not held fish anatomy optional
  • optional, not held incidents and accidents recording optional
Index

Other moves recorded from aquaculture harvesting worker

Full index of moves from aquaculture harvesting worker

Note

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.