Water-based aquaculture technician to aquaculture harvesting technician
A water-based aquaculture technician already meets 31% of what the aquaculture harvesting technician role asks for. The move turns on 28 required skills not yet in the profile.
77.7/ 100
1 How much of what an aquaculture harvesting technician is expected to do is already part of a water-based aquaculture 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 aquaculture harvesting technician role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An aquaculture harvesting technician role treats 10 of its required skills as things a water-based aquaculture technician already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply fish treatments
- carry out preparations for fish disease specialist
- collect broodstock
- control aquatic production environment
- monitor aquaculture feeding behaviour
- observe abnormal fish behaviour
What stands in the way is 28 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. An aquaculture harvesting technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a water-based aquaculture 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 10 the aquaculture harvesting technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 36 missing skills fall into 11 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 apply fish harvest methods required
- still to learn collect dead fish required
- still to learn handle fish harvesting waste required
- still to learn handle harvested fish required
- still to learn harvest aquatic resources required
- still to learn identity aquaculture species required
- still to learn monitor live fish collection required
- still to learn monitor treated fish required
- still to learn prepare fish treatment facilities required
- still to learn carry out fish disease prevention measures required
- optional, not held carry out fish transportation optional
- still to learn estimate harvest costs required
- still to learn monitor fish health status required
- still to learn monitor fish mortality rates required
- still to learn prepare health certificates for fishery products required
- still to learn report harvested fish production required
- optional, not held collect growth rate information optional
- still to learn fighting fires at aquaculture facilities required
- still to learn fish harvesting methods required
- still to learn fish welfare regulations required
- still to learn maintain fish harvesting equipment required
- still to learn maintain grading equipment required
- still to learn fish biology required
- still to learn fish identification and classification required
- still to learn operate fish capture equipment required
- still to learn set up fish harvesting equipment required
5 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an aquaculture harvesting technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 apply fish harvest methods practise this
- 02 collect dead fish practise this
- 03 ensure compliance with aquaculture standards 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 21 skills that carry over
- already held apply fish treatments skill
- already held carry out preparations for fish disease specialist skill
- already held collect broodstock skill
- already held control aquatic production environment skill
- already held monitor aquaculture feeding behaviour 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 calculate aquatic resources growth rate 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 monitor growth rates of cultivated fish species 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 5 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn ensure compliance with aquaculture standards required
- optional, not held communicate by telephone optional
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- optional, not held maintain internal communication systems optional
- optional, not held speak different languages optional
- still to learn extinguish fires required
- still to learn biosecurity required
- still to learn fire-fighting systems required
- optional, not held manage teamwork optional
- optional, not held lead a team optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held carry out fish transportation optional
- optional, not held collect growth rate information optional
- optional, not held manage teamwork optional
- optional, not held communicate by telephone optional
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- optional, not held lead a team optional
- optional, not held maintain internal communication systems optional
- optional, not held speak different languages optional
20 held skills the aquaculture harvesting technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role animal welfare legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role aquaculture production planning software knowledge
- not needed by the target role assess cage water quality skill
- 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 computerised feeding systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop aquaculture strategies skill
- not needed by the target role fish grading knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain diving equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain incident reporting records skill
- not needed by the target role manage time in fishery operations skill
- not needed by the target role observe fish disease symptoms skill
- not needed by the target role organise shellfish depuration skill
- not needed by the target role preserve fish samples for diagnosis skill
- not needed by the target role rates of growth assessment knowledge
- not needed by the target role report live online 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 use different communication channels 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.
- still to learn fighting fires at aquaculture facilities required
- still to learn fish biology required
- still to learn fish harvesting methods required
- still to learn biosecurity required
- still to learn fire-fighting systems required
- still to learn fish identification and classification required
- still to learn fish welfare regulations required
Other moves recorded from water-based aquaculture technician
Common questions about this move
Can a water-based aquaculture technician become an aquaculture harvesting technician?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A water-based aquaculture technician already covers 31% of what an aquaculture harvesting technician is expected to do: 21 skills carry over, 10 of which the aquaculture harvesting technician role treats as required.
What skills does a water-based aquaculture technician need to become an aquaculture harvesting technician?
28 required skills are missing, plus 8 optional ones. They fall into 11 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is apply fish harvest methods.
How hard is the move from water-based aquaculture technician to aquaculture harvesting technician?
Its learning distance is 77.7 out of 100, which is the career change 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.