Aquaculture husbandry worker to water-based aquaculture worker
An aquaculture husbandry worker already meets 40% of what the water-based aquaculture worker role asks for. The move turns on 21 required skills not yet in the profile.
70.9/ 100
1 How much of what a water-based aquaculture worker is expected to do is already part of an aquaculture husbandry worker’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 15 of its required skills as things an aquaculture husbandry worker already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- carry out preparations for fish disease specialist
- collect biological data
- collect dead fish
- collect fish samples for diagnosis
- collect growth rate information
- measure the impact of specific aquaculture activity
What stands in the way is 21 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 22 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 husbandry worker background worth leading with.
- already held prepare fish holding units handling and moving
- already held stock fish handling and moving
- already held collect growth rate information information skills
- already held measure the impact of specific aquaculture activity information skills
- already held transport fish handling and moving
- already held operation of transport equipment services
All 22 carried skills, including the 15 the water-based aquaculture worker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 35 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 carry out fish transportation required
- still to learn collect live fish required
- still to learn harvest aquatic resources 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 treatment facilities required
- still to learn preserve fish samples for diagnosis required
- still to learn carry out fish disease prevention measures required
- optional, not held apply fish harvest methods optional
- optional, not held handle harvested fish optional
- optional, not held perform diving interventions optional
- still to learn operate small craft required
- still to learn prepare for small craft operation required
- still to learn transfer fish required
- optional, not held set up fish harvesting equipment optional
- still to learn assess cage water quality required
- still to learn measure water quality parameters required
- still to learn observe abnormal fish behaviour required
- still to learn fish welfare regulations required
- optional, not held fishing gear optional
- optional, not held fishing industry optional
- still to learn swim required
- optional, not held maintain internal communication systems optional
- still to learn pedagogy 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 22 skills that carry over
- already held carry out preparations for fish disease specialist skill
- already held collect biological data skill
- already held collect dead fish skill
- already held collect fish samples for diagnosis skill
- already held collect growth rate information skill
- already held measure the impact of specific aquaculture activity skill
- already held measure water flow skill
- already held operate fish capture equipment skill
- already held operation of transport equipment knowledge
- already held perform fish grading operations skill
- already held prepare fish holding units skill
- already held rope manipulation knowledge
- already held stock fish skill
- already held transport fish skill
- already held work in a fishery team skill
- already held collect broodstock skill
- already held communicate by telephone skill
- already held communicate in an outdoor setting skill
- already held maintain diving equipment skill
- already held monitor fish mortality rates skill
- already held screen live fish deformities skill
- already held use communication devices skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn operation of lifting gears required
- optional, not held fish anatomy optional
- optional, not held fish biology optional
- optional, not held fish identification and classification 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 fish harvesting equipment optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held apply fish harvest methods optional
- optional, not held check diving equipment optional
- optional, not held fish anatomy optional
- optional, not held fish biology optional
- optional, not held fishing gear optional
- optional, not held handle harvested fish optional
- optional, not held maintain fish harvesting equipment optional
- optional, not held set up fish harvesting equipment optional
- optional, not held animal welfare legislation optional
- optional, not held environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held fish identification and classification optional
- optional, not held fishing industry optional
- optional, not held maintain internal communication systems optional
- optional, not held perform diving interventions optional
33 held skills the water-based aquaculture worker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assist with vaccination procedures skill
- not needed by the target role biosecurity knowledge
- not needed by the target role carry out feeding operations skill
- not needed by the target role carry out maintenance of aquaculture equipment skill
- not needed by the target role clean aquaculture stock units skill
- not needed by the target role communicate verbal instructions skill
- not needed by the target role extinguish fires skill
- 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 identity aquaculture species skill
- not needed by the target role incidents and accidents recording knowledge
- not needed by the target role load equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain aquaculture containers skill
- not needed by the target role maintain aquaculture ponds skill
- not needed by the target role maintain aquaculture water quality skill
- not needed by the target role maintain aquaculture water quality in hatcheries skill
- not needed by the target role manure aquaculture ponds skill
- not needed by the target role monitor fish health status skill
- not needed by the target role monitor larval growth skill
- not needed by the target role monitor water quality skill
- not needed by the target role operate biological filtration skill
- not needed by the target role operate forklift skill
- not needed by the target role report harvested fish production skill
- not needed by the target role report pollution incidents skill
- not needed by the target role report to the team leader skill
- not needed by the target role undertake continuous professional development in fishery operations skill
- not needed by the target role unload equipment skill
- not needed by the target role use aquaculture heavy equipment skill
- not needed by the target role use oxygenation equipment skill
- not needed by the target role use water disinfection equipment skill
- not needed by the target role work in inclement conditions skill
- not needed by the target role work in outdoor conditions skill
- not needed by the target role work in shifts skill
10 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 fish welfare regulations required
- still to learn pedagogy required
- optional, not held fish anatomy optional
- optional, not held fish biology optional
- optional, not held fishing gear optional
- optional, not held animal welfare legislation optional
- optional, not held environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held fish identification and classification optional
- optional, not held fishing industry optional
Other moves recorded from aquaculture husbandry worker
Common questions about this move
Can an aquaculture husbandry worker become a water-based aquaculture worker?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An aquaculture husbandry worker already covers 40% of what a water-based aquaculture worker is expected to do: 22 skills carry over, 15 of which the water-based aquaculture worker role treats as required.
What skills does an aquaculture husbandry worker need to become a water-based aquaculture worker?
21 required skills are missing, plus 14 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 husbandry worker to water-based aquaculture worker?
Its learning distance is 70.9 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.