Water-based aquaculture worker to aquaculture cage technician
A water-based aquaculture worker already meets 45% of what the aquaculture cage technician role asks for. The move turns on 21 required skills not yet in the profile.
67.8/ 100
1 How much of what an aquaculture cage technician is expected to do is already part of a water-based aquaculture 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 aquaculture cage technician role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An aquaculture cage technician role treats 17 of its required skills as things a water-based aquaculture worker already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- assess cage water quality
- carry out fish disease prevention measures
- carry out preparations for fish disease specialist
- check diving equipment
- fish biology
- maintain diving equipment
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 25 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An aquaculture cage technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a water-based aquaculture worker background worth leading with.
- already held operation of lifting gears services
- already held handle harvested fish handling and moving
- already held assess cage water quality information skills
- already held measure water flow information skills
- already held harvest aquatic resources handling and moving
- already held set up fish harvesting equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
All 25 carried skills, including the 17 the aquaculture cage technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 31 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 apply fish treatments required
- still to learn carry out feeding operations required
- still to learn implement fin fish feeding regimes required
- still to learn monitor aquaculture feeding behaviour required
- still to learn control aquatic production environment required
- still to learn manage waste required
- optional, not held maintain cage nets optional
- still to learn identify common aquatic species diseases required
- still to learn monitor fish health status required
- still to learn monitor larval growth required
- still to learn perform water chemistry analysis required
- still to learn perform water treatments required
- optional, not held conduct fish mortality studies optional
- optional, not held maintain ropes optional
- optional, not held undertake continuous professional development in fishery operations optional
- still to learn carry out maintenance on cage equipment and machinery required
- still to learn supervise cage net systems required
- still to learn maintain grading equipment required
- still to learn monitor feeding systems required
- still to learn effect of water currents required
- still to learn fish grading required
- still to learn rates of growth assessment required
- still to learn maintain aquaculture cage equipment required
- still to learn use water disinfection equipment required
- optional, not held operate an emergency communication system optional
- still to learn pests and diseases required
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an aquaculture cage technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 carry out maintenance on cage equipment and machinery practise this
- 02 supervise cage net systems practise this
- 03 apply fish treatments 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 25 skills that carry over
- already held assess cage water quality skill
- already held carry out fish disease prevention measures skill
- already held carry out preparations for fish disease specialist skill
- already held check diving equipment skill
- already held fish biology knowledge
- already held maintain diving equipment skill
- already held measure water flow skill
- already held measure water quality parameters skill
- already held monitor fish mortality rates skill
- already held observe abnormal fish behaviour skill
- already held operate small craft skill
- already held operation of lifting gears knowledge
- already held perform diving interventions skill
- already held prepare for small craft operation skill
- already held preserve fish samples for diagnosis skill
- already held screen live fish deformities skill
- already held swim skill
- already held collect broodstock skill
- already held handle harvested fish skill
- already held harvest aquatic resources skill
- already held maintain internal communication systems skill
- already held perform fish grading operations skill
- already held rope manipulation knowledge
- already held set up fish harvesting equipment skill
- already held use communication devices skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held speak different languages optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- optional, not held ensure aquaculture personnel health and safety optional
- optional, not held make time-critical decisions optional
- optional, not held have computer literacy optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held conduct fish mortality studies optional
- optional, not held maintain cage nets optional
- optional, not held maintain ropes optional
- optional, not held undertake continuous professional development in fishery operations optional
- optional, not held ensure aquaculture personnel health and safety optional
- optional, not held have computer literacy optional
- optional, not held make time-critical decisions optional
- optional, not held operate an emergency communication system optional
- optional, not held speak different languages optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
32 held skills the aquaculture cage technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role animal welfare legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply fish harvest methods skill
- not needed by the target role carry out fish transportation skill
- not needed by the target role collect biological data skill
- not needed by the target role collect dead fish skill
- not needed by the target role collect fish samples for diagnosis skill
- not needed by the target role collect growth rate information skill
- not needed by the target role collect live fish skill
- not needed by the target role communicate by telephone skill
- not needed by the target role communicate in an outdoor setting skill
- not needed by the target role depurate shellfish skill
- not needed by the target role environmental legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role fish anatomy knowledge
- not needed by the target role fish identification and classification knowledge
- not needed by the target role fish welfare regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role fishing gear knowledge
- not needed by the target role fishing industry knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain fish harvesting equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain shellfish depuration equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain waterbased aquaculture facilities skill
- not needed by the target role measure the impact of specific aquaculture activity skill
- not needed by the target role monitor aquaculture stock health standards skill
- not needed by the target role operate fish capture equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate hatchery trays skill
- not needed by the target role operation of transport equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role pedagogy knowledge
- not needed by the target role prepare fish holding units skill
- not needed by the target role prepare fish treatment facilities skill
- not needed by the target role stock fish skill
- not needed by the target role transfer fish skill
- not needed by the target role transport fish skill
- not needed by the target role work in a fishery team skill
4 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 effect of water currents required
- still to learn fish grading required
- still to learn pests and diseases required
- still to learn rates of growth assessment required
Other moves recorded from water-based aquaculture worker
Common questions about this move
Can a water-based aquaculture worker become an aquaculture cage technician?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A water-based aquaculture worker already covers 45% of what an aquaculture cage technician is expected to do: 25 skills carry over, 17 of which the aquaculture cage technician role treats as required.
What skills does a water-based aquaculture worker need to become an aquaculture cage technician?
21 required skills are missing, plus 10 optional ones. They fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is carry out maintenance on cage equipment and machinery.
How hard is the move from water-based aquaculture worker to aquaculture cage technician?
Its learning distance is 67.8 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.