aquaculture rearing techniciantoaquaculture hatchery technician
A aquaculture rearing technician already meets 67% of what the aquaculture hatchery technician role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
67%
44.7/ 100
1 Share of the aquaculture hatchery technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the aquaculture rearing technician 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 this move works
A aquaculture hatchery technician role treats 22 of its required skills as things a aquaculture rearing technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- aquaculture reproduction
- carry out feeding operations
- carry out hatchery production processes
- collect broodstock
- condition broodstock
- culture aquaculture hatchery stocks
What stands in the way is 8 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 aquaculture hatchery technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a aquaculture rearing technician background worth leading with.
- already held use aquacultural heating equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held carry out hatchery production processes handling and moving
- already held condition broodstock handling and moving
- already held induce spawning and fertilisation on aquaculture species handling and moving
- already held maintain hatchery equipment constructing
- already held maintain hatchery facilities constructing
All 28 carried skills, including the 22 the aquaculture hatchery technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 19 missing skills fall into 9 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.
- required, not held green water incubation technology required
- required, not held hatchery design required
- optional, not held fisheries management optional
- required, not held operate hatchery trays required
- optional, not held manage aquatic habitat optional
- optional, not held rear food fish optional
- optional, not held treat contaminated water optional
- required, not held interpret scientific data to assess water quality required
- optional, not held manage animal biosecurity optional
- optional, not held perform water treatments optional
- optional, not held manage water quality testing optional
- required, not held animal welfare legislation required
- optional, not held environmental legislation optional
- required, not held carry out waste water treatment required
- optional, not held perform water treatment procedures optional
- required, not held carry out maintenance of aquaculture equipment required
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a aquaculture hatchery technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 green water incubation technology knowledge · occupation specific
- 02 hatchery design knowledge · occupation specific
- 03 carry out maintenance of aquaculture equipment skill · sector specific
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 aquaculture reproduction knowledge
- already held carry out feeding operations skill
- already held carry out hatchery production processes skill
- already held collect broodstock skill
- already held condition broodstock skill
- already held culture aquaculture hatchery stocks skill
- already held ensure aquaculture personnel health and safety skill
- already held fish biology knowledge
- already held induce spawning and fertilisation on aquaculture species skill
- already held maintain hatchery equipment skill
- already held maintain hatchery facilities skill
- already held maintain hatchery records skill
- already held maintain the production of juveniles at the nursery stage skill
- already held manage capture broodstock operations skill
- already held monitor fish health status skill
- already held monitor hatchery production skill
- already held monitor larval growth skill
- already held monitor water quality skill
- already held operate hatchery recirculation system skill
- already held plankton production knowledge
- already held preserve fish samples for diagnosis skill
- already held screen live fish deformities skill
- already held cultivate plankton skill
- already held ensure compliance with aquaculture standards skill
- already held feed broodstock skill
- already held use aquacultural heating equipment skill
- already held use water disinfection equipment skill
- already held work in outdoor conditions skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held sanitation measures for aquaculture hatchery production required
- optional, not held supervise waste water treatments optional
- optional, not held genetic selection programme optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held manage aquatic habitat optional
- optional, not held rear food fish optional
- optional, not held genetic selection programme optional
- optional, not held manage animal biosecurity optional
- optional, not held perform water treatment procedures optional
- optional, not held perform water treatments optional
- optional, not held supervise waste water treatments optional
- optional, not held treat contaminated water optional
- optional, not held environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held fisheries management optional
- optional, not held manage water quality testing optional
22 held skills the aquaculture hatchery technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assess feeding behaviour of larvae 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 control aquatic production environment skill
- not needed by the target role create training materials skill
- not needed by the target role encourage teambuilding skill
- not needed by the target role fish identification and classification knowledge
- not needed by the target role fishing industry knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle larval weaning process skill
- not needed by the target role maintain aquaculture water quality in hatcheries skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role manage teamwork skill
- not needed by the target role monitor fish mortality rates skill
- not needed by the target role provide on-site training in aquaculture facilities skill
- not needed by the target role seek innovation in current practices skill
- not needed by the target role supervise the work of staff on different shifts skill
- not needed by the target role treat fish diseases skill
- not needed by the target role use communication devices skill
- not needed by the target role use oxygenation equipment skill
- not needed by the target role work in inclement conditions skill
- not needed by the target role work in shifts skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports 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.
- required, not held green water incubation technology required
- required, not held hatchery design required
- required, not held sanitation measures for aquaculture hatchery production required
- required, not held animal welfare legislation required
- optional, not held genetic selection programme optional
- optional, not held environmental legislation optional
- optional, not held fisheries management optional
Other moves recorded from aquaculture rearing technician
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.