Aquaculture Technician

**Location**:
Icy Waters Ltd., Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada

**Salary & Benefits**:
$44,200 - $52,000 annually, including piecework compensation that is paid in the processing plant
Extended health care benefits are available after 1 year
Room rental is available, on site, for the first 4 months of employment

**Job Type**:
Permanent, Full-Time

**The company**:
Icy Waters Ltd. is a dynamic, Canadian aquaculture company dedicated to the sustainability, development, growth,
processing, and sale of premium Arctic Charr and “Yukon Gold” Arctic Charr ova. Icy Waters is a world leader in Arctic
Char aquaculture and produces award winning Arctic Char. The Canadian Company believes that staff be directly
technical activities in the Hatchery, Tank Farm and Processing Plant. Icy Waters Ltd. is in Whitehorse, which is full
of outdoor enthusiasts, who enjoy a relaxed way of life, in a small but cultured city

**Responsibilities**:

- Assist with spawning and vaccination of fish
- Incubation, picking and packaging of eggs
- Record keeping and scientific analysis of data for research projects
- Daily husbandry chores of feeding and monitoring fish
- Water quality maintenance
- Harvesting fish for processing
- Processing fish, 1/3 of your time is spent in the processing plant
- Quality Control inspections to ensure all company standards are achieved
- Sorting and grading fish within appropriate size categories
- Maintaining a clean work area
- Participation in the afterhours, on-call, alarm rotation

**Qualifications**:

- Background in aquaculture or marine biology
- Work effectively in a fast-paced environment, sometimes under time constraints
- Physically fit to stand, lift, carry 50 lbs., and to do repetitive work in cold, wet environment, both indoors and

outdoors
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Self-starter and able to work independently
- Ability to work efficiently at repetitive tasks
- Attention to detail and cleanliness
- Valid Driver’s license

A criminal record check must be provided before the first day of work and a further security check may be required.
We appreciate all resumes, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.