Aquaculture Worker

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 35 hours per week
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 1 to less than 7 months
**Work site environment**:

- Outdoors
- In/on water
- Cold/refrigerated
**Work setting**:

- Relocation costs covered by employer
- Commercial aquatic farm
- Willing to relocate
- Fish farm
**Tasks**:

- Feed aquaculture stock
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Cull, mark or tag stock and report stock irregularities
- Operate, maintain and clean pumps, filters and other aquaculture equipment
- Clean and maintain aquaculture enclosures
- Transfer stock to tanks in trucks and pack stock in special containers
- Rake and gather marine plants
- Spread and dry marine plants
- Dig shellfish from shellfish beds
- Clean, sort and pack shellfish
- Assist aquaculture technicians in the operation of fish hatcheries or other aquatic farms
- Grade and weigh aquaculture stocks
**Type of aquaculture operations**:

- Aquaculture — halibut
- Aquaculture — mussels
- Aquaculture — salmon
- Aquaculture — trout
**Type of fishing**:

- Clean and repair mussel collectors
- Mussel socking and harvesting
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Large workload
**Weight handling**:

- More than 45 kg (100 lbs)
**Personal suitability**:

- Dependability
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Team player
**Screening questions**:

- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
**Health benefits**:

- Health care plan