// Unit group · 6221

Aquaculture Workers

Aquaculture workers breed and raise fish and cultivate mussels, oysters and other forms of aquatic life, for sale or delivery on a regular basis to wholesale buyers, marketing organizations or at markets.

6 Skilled Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Workers / 62 Market-Oriented Skilled Forestry, Fishery and Hunting Workers / 622 Fishery Workers, Hunters and Trappers / All level 4

// Working conditions

Confined spacesHeat and coldLifting and postureMachineryShift work

// Hand tools

  1. 1General Hand Tool Operation
  2. 2Wrenches

breeding, raising and cultivating fish, mussels, oysters and other forms of aquatic life as cash crops or for release into freshwater or saltwater

collecting and recording growth, production and environmental data

conducting and supervising stock examinations in order to identify diseases or parasites

monitoring environments to ensure maintenance of optimum conditions for aquatic life

directing and monitoring trapping and spawning of fish, egg incubation and fry rearing, applying knowledge of management and fish culturing techniques

cleaning, freezing, icing or salting catch on- or offshore, and preparing fish and other products for shipment

maintaining buildings, tanks, machinery, boats and other equipment

delivering or marketing products

renting or investing in buildings, equipment and machinery, and purchasing food and other supplies

supervising and training aquaculture and fish hatchery support workers.

Included occupations

Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Algae cultivator
- Fish farmer
- Oyster farmer
- Pearl cultivator
- Seafood farmer
- Skilled fish farm worker
- Skilled seafood farm worker

Excluded occupations

Some related occupations classified elsewhere:
- Aquaculture production manager - 1312
- Aquaculture labourer - 9216

Indexed job titles 13