Water-based aquaculture technician to aquaculture husbandry technician
A water-based aquaculture technician already meets 45% of what the aquaculture husbandry technician role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.
66.7/ 100
1 How much of what an aquaculture husbandry 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 husbandry technician role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An aquaculture husbandry technician role treats 17 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
- aquaculture production planning software
- calculate aquatic resources growth rate
- carry out maintenance of aquaculture equipment
- carry out preparations for fish disease specialist
- collect broodstock
What stands in the way is 18 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. An aquaculture husbandry 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 carry out maintenance of aquaculture equipment constructing
- already held aquaculture production planning software agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held rates of growth assessment agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held apply fish treatments handling and moving
- already held monitor aquaculture feeding behaviour handling and moving
All 22 carried skills, including the 17 the aquaculture husbandry technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 33 missing skills fall into 9 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 identify risks in aquaculture facilities required
- still to learn inspect aquaculture equipment required
- still to learn measure the impact of specific aquaculture activity required
- still to learn monitor fish mortality rates required
- still to learn maintain technical equipment required
- still to learn monitor water quality required
- optional, not held monitor larval growth optional
- still to learn rear food fish required
- still to learn identity aquaculture species required
- still to learn implement fin fish feeding regimes required
- still to learn monitor aquaculture stock health standards required
- still to learn treat fish diseases required
- optional, not held collect dead fish optional
- optional, not held perform diving interventions optional
- still to learn assist with vaccination procedures required
- still to learn ensure cage safety requirements are followed required
- still to learn ensure compliance with aquaculture standards required
- optional, not held implement contingency plans for escapees optional
- optional, not held provide on-site training in aquaculture facilities optional
- optional, not held cooperate with colleagues optional
- optional, not held critique the dive with the dive team optional
- optional, not held speak different languages optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- optional, not held work in shifts optional
- still to learn aquaculture cultivation equipment required
- optional, not held escapee contingency plans optional
- still to learn monitor feeding systems required
- optional, not held check diving equipment optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an aquaculture husbandry technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 rear food fish practise this
- 02 aquaculture cultivation equipment study this
- 03 assist with vaccination procedures 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 apply fish treatments skill
- already held aquaculture production planning software knowledge
- already held calculate aquatic resources growth rate skill
- already held carry out maintenance of aquaculture equipment skill
- already held carry out preparations for fish disease specialist skill
- already held collect broodstock skill
- already held computerised feeding systems knowledge
- already held control aquatic production environment skill
- already held ensure aquaculture personnel health and safety skill
- already held fish grading knowledge
- 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 preserve fish samples for diagnosis skill
- already held rates of growth assessment knowledge
- already held swim skill
- already held communicate in an outdoor setting skill
- already held communicate verbal instructions skill
- already held maintain diving equipment skill
- already held work in inclement conditions skill
- already held work in outdoor conditions skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn fish biology required
- still to learn use aquaculture heavy equipment required
- optional, not held lead a team optional
- optional, not held make independent operating decisions optional
- optional, not held make time-critical decisions optional
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held check diving equipment optional
- optional, not held collect dead fish optional
- optional, not held escapee contingency plans optional
- optional, not held implement contingency plans for escapees optional
- optional, not held monitor larval growth optional
- optional, not held provide on-site training in aquaculture facilities optional
- optional, not held cooperate with colleagues optional
- optional, not held critique the dive with the dive team optional
- optional, not held lead a team optional
- optional, not held make independent operating decisions optional
- optional, not held make time-critical decisions optional
- optional, not held perform diving interventions optional
- optional, not held speak different languages optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- optional, not held work in shifts optional
19 held skills the aquaculture husbandry technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role animal welfare legislation 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 develop aquaculture strategies skill
- not needed by the target role fish anatomy knowledge
- not needed by the target role incidents and accidents recording knowledge
- 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 monitor growth rates of cultivated fish species skill
- not needed by the target role observe abnormal fish behaviour 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 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 screen live fish deformities skill
- not needed by the target role use communication devices skill
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
3 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 aquaculture cultivation equipment required
- still to learn fish biology required
- optional, not held escapee contingency plans optional
Other moves recorded from water-based aquaculture technician
Common questions about this move
Can a water-based aquaculture technician become an aquaculture husbandry technician?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A water-based aquaculture technician already covers 45% of what an aquaculture husbandry technician is expected to do: 22 skills carry over, 17 of which the aquaculture husbandry technician role treats as required.
What skills does a water-based aquaculture technician need to become an aquaculture husbandry technician?
18 required skills are missing, plus 15 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is rear food fish.
How hard is the move from water-based aquaculture technician to aquaculture husbandry technician?
Its learning distance is 66.7 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.