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Job Description
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of aquacultural workers.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 45-1011.06
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “First-Line Supervisors of Aquacultural Workers”.
Also Known As…
- First-Line Supervisors of Aquacultural Workers
- Rainbow Trout Farm Manager
- Hatchery Manager
- Harvest Manager
- Fisheries Manager
- Fish Hatchery Specialist
- Fish Hatchery Manager
- Fish Farm Manager
- Farm Manager
- Brood Station Manager
- Brood Hatchery Manager
- Wildlife Manager
- Shellfish Grower
- Fishery Biologist
- Fisheries Biologist
- Fish Hatchery Supervisor
- Fish Hatchery Superintendent
- Fish Culturist
- Biologist
Tasks for “Shellfish Farming Supervisor”
- Supervise the artificial spawning of various salmon and trout species.
- Record the numbers and types of fish or shellfish reared, harvested, released, sold, and shipped.
- Assign to workers duties such as fertilizing and incubating spawn, feeding and transferring fish, and planting, cultivating, and harvesting shellfish beds.
- Train workers in spawning, rearing, cultivating, and harvesting methods, and in the use of equipment.
- Engage in the same fishery work as workers supervised.
- Direct and monitor worker activities, such as treatment and rearing of fingerlings, maintenance of equipment, and harvesting of fish or shellfish.
- Direct workers to correct problems such as disease, quality of seed distribution, or adequacy of cultivation.
- Requisition supplies.
- Interview and select new employees.
- Prepare or direct the preparation of fish food, and specify medications to be added to food and water to treat fish for diseases.
- Select and ship eggs to other hatcheries.
- Maintain workers' time records.
- Plan work schedules according to personnel and equipment availability, tidal levels, feeding schedules, or transfer and harvest needs.
- Confer with managers to determine times and places of seed planting, and cultivating, feeding, or harvesting of fish or shellfish.
- Observe fish and beds or ponds to detect diseases, monitor fish growth, determine quality of fish, or determine completeness of harvesting.
- Perform both supervisory and management functions, such as accounting, marketing, and personnel work.
Related Technology & Tools
- Turbidimeters
- Fish weighing scales
- Light pickup trucks
- Ozone water purification systems
- Pitchforks
- Rakes
- Scuba diving equipment
- Irrigation pipettes
- Fish holding tanks
- Tank cleaning brushes
- Phillips head screwdrivers
- Desktop computers
- Dissolved oxygen indicators
- Water transfer systems
- Glass beakers
- Fish gates
- Water testers
- Mud sleds
- Personal computers
- Air compressors
- Shovels
- Video scanning fish counters
- Cordless drills
- Power saws
- Ultraviolet water purification systems
- Total dissolved solids TDS meters
- Automatic fish feeders
- Aeration pumps
- Multipurpose tractors
- Fish seines
- Fish screens
- Fyke nets
- Forklifts
- Laboratory test tubes
- Riding mowers
- Suction syringes
- Claw hammers
- Fish tagging equipment
- Hatching trays
- Hoop nets
- Straight screwdrivers
- Gill nets
- pH indicators
- Flow meters
- Fish capture nets
- Fish traps
- Filtering equipment
- Small power boats
- Rowboats
- Cleaning mops
- Handheld digital thermometers
- Gas-powered generators
- Squeegees
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Data entry software
- Work scheduling software
- Microsoft PowerPoint