Career Overlap Transition record
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Water-based aquaculture technician to water-based aquaculture worker

A water-based aquaculture technician already meets 24% of what the water-based aquaculture worker role asks for. The move turns on 28 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From water-based aquaculture technician
24 % overlap
Distant match
To water-based aquaculture worker
15 You already bring
28 Still to learn
57 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance A rebuild

82.7/ 100

1 How much of what a water-based aquaculture worker 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 water-based aquaculture worker role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A water-based aquaculture worker role treats 8 of its required skills as things a water-based aquaculture technician already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • assess cage water quality
  • carry out preparations for fish disease specialist
  • observe abnormal fish behaviour
  • operate small craft
  • perform fish grading operations
  • prepare for small craft operation

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 15 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 a water-based aquaculture technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held assess cage water quality information skills
  • already held observe abnormal fish behaviour information skills
  • 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

All 15 carried skills, including the 8 the water-based aquaculture worker role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 42 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.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 handling and moving 15 required, 3 supplementary
  • 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 dead fish required
  • still to learn collect fish samples for diagnosis 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 holding units required
  • still to learn prepare fish treatment facilities required
  • still to learn stock fish required
  • still to learn transport fish 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
02 information skills 5 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn collect growth rate information required
  • still to learn measure the impact of specific aquaculture activity required
  • still to learn measure water flow required
  • still to learn measure water quality parameters required
  • still to learn collect biological data required
  • optional, not held monitor fish mortality rates optional
03 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn operate fish capture equipment required
  • still to learn transfer fish required
  • optional, not held set up fish harvesting equipment optional
04 services 2 required
  • still to learn operation of lifting gears required
  • still to learn operation of transport equipment required
05 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • still to learn fish welfare regulations required
  • optional, not held fishing gear optional
  • optional, not held fishing industry optional
06 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • still to learn work in a fishery team required
  • optional, not held communicate by telephone optional
  • optional, not held maintain internal communication systems optional

5 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

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.

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

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 15 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held assess cage water quality skill
  • already held carry out preparations for fish disease specialist 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 preserve fish samples for diagnosis skill
  • already held swim skill
  • already held animal welfare legislation knowledge
  • already held collect broodstock skill
  • already held communicate in an outdoor setting skill
  • already held fish anatomy knowledge
  • already held maintain diving equipment skill
  • already held screen live fish deformities skill
  • already held use communication devices skill
The 5 learning areas not shown above
Skill to pick up Tier
07 education 1 required
  • still to learn pedagogy required
08 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • still to learn rope manipulation required
09 constructing 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held check diving equipment optional
  • optional, not held maintain fish harvesting equipment optional
10 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held fish biology optional
  • optional, not held fish identification and classification optional
11 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held environmental legislation optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held apply fish harvest methods optional
  • optional, not held check diving equipment 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 monitor fish mortality rates optional
  • optional, not held set up fish harvesting equipment optional
  • optional, not held communicate by telephone 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
26 held skills the water-based aquaculture worker role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply fish treatments skill
  • not needed by the target role aquaculture production planning software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role calculate aquatic resources growth rate 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 communicate verbal instructions skill
  • not needed by the target role computerised feeding systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role control aquatic production environment skill
  • not needed by the target role develop aquaculture strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure aquaculture personnel health and safety skill
  • not needed by the target role fish grading 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 aquaculture feeding behaviour skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor growth rates of cultivated fish species 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 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 work in inclement conditions skill
  • not needed by the target role work in outdoor conditions skill
  • not needed by the target role write work-related reports 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.

Skill to pick up Tier
  • still to learn operation of lifting gears required
  • still to learn operation of transport equipment required
  • still to learn rope manipulation required
  • still to learn fish welfare regulations required
  • still to learn pedagogy required
  • optional, not held fish biology optional
  • optional, not held fishing gear optional
  • optional, not held environmental legislation optional
  • optional, not held fish identification and classification optional
  • optional, not held fishing industry optional
Index

Other moves recorded from water-based aquaculture technician

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a water-based aquaculture technician become a water-based aquaculture worker?

Yes, and it is a career change move. A water-based aquaculture technician already covers 24% of what a water-based aquaculture worker is expected to do: 15 skills carry over, 8 of which the water-based aquaculture worker role treats as required.

What skills does a water-based aquaculture technician need to become a water-based aquaculture worker?

28 required skills are missing, plus 14 optional ones. They fall into 11 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is depurate shellfish.

How hard is the move from water-based aquaculture technician to water-based aquaculture worker?

Its learning distance is 82.7 out of 100, which is the career change band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

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.