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A aquaculture cage technician already meets 45% of what the aquaculture husbandry technician role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.
45%
66/ 100
1 Share of the aquaculture husbandry technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the aquaculture cage technician profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A aquaculture husbandry technician role treats 17 of its required skills as things a aquaculture cage technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply fish treatments
- carry out preparations for fish disease specialist
- collect broodstock
- control aquatic production environment
- ensure aquaculture personnel health and safety
- fish biology
What stands in the way is 18 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 23 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A aquaculture husbandry technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a aquaculture cage technician background worth leading with.
- already held monitor feeding systems constructing
- already held rates of growth assessment agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held apply fish treatments handling and moving
- already held implement fin fish feeding regimes handling and moving
- already held monitor aquaculture feeding behaviour handling and moving
- already held monitor larval growth information skills
All 23 carried skills, including the 17 the aquaculture husbandry technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 32 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held calculate aquatic resources growth rate required
- required, not held identify risks in aquaculture facilities required
- required, not held inspect aquaculture equipment required
- required, not held measure the impact of specific aquaculture activity required
- required, not held maintain technical equipment required
- required, not held monitor water quality required
- required, not held rear food fish required
- required, not held identity aquaculture species required
- required, not held monitor aquaculture stock health standards required
- required, not held treat fish diseases required
- optional, not held collect dead fish optional
- required, not held aquaculture cultivation equipment required
- required, not held aquaculture production planning software required
- required, not held computerised feeding systems required
- optional, not held escapee contingency plans optional
- required, not held assist with vaccination procedures required
- required, not held ensure cage safety requirements are followed required
- optional, not held work in inclement conditions optional
- optional, not held work in outdoor conditions optional
- required, not held ensure compliance with aquaculture standards required
- optional, not held communicate in an outdoor setting optional
- optional, not held implement contingency plans for escapees optional
- optional, not held provide on-site training in aquaculture facilities optional
- optional, not held communicate verbal instructions optional
- optional, not held cooperate with colleagues optional
- optional, not held critique the dive with the dive team optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- optional, not held work in shifts optional
- required, not held carry out maintenance of aquaculture equipment required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a aquaculture husbandry technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 rear food fish skill · occupation specific
- 02 aquaculture cultivation equipment knowledge · sector specific
- 03 aquaculture production planning software knowledge · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 23 skills that carry over
- already held apply fish treatments skill
- already held carry out preparations for fish disease specialist skill
- already held collect broodstock skill
- already held control aquatic production environment skill
- already held ensure aquaculture personnel health and safety skill
- already held fish biology knowledge
- already held fish grading knowledge
- already held implement fin fish feeding regimes skill
- already held monitor aquaculture feeding behaviour skill
- already held monitor feeding systems skill
- already held monitor fish mortality rates skill
- already held operate small craft skill
- already held perform fish grading operations skill
- already held prepare for small craft operation skill
- already held preserve fish samples for diagnosis skill
- already held rates of growth assessment knowledge
- already held swim skill
- already held check diving equipment skill
- already held maintain diving equipment skill
- already held make time-critical decisions skill
- already held monitor larval growth skill
- already held perform diving interventions skill
- already held speak different languages skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held use aquaculture heavy equipment required
- optional, not held lead a team optional
- optional, not held make independent operating decisions optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held collect dead fish optional
- optional, not held communicate in an outdoor setting optional
- optional, not held escapee contingency plans optional
- optional, not held implement contingency plans for escapees optional
- optional, not held provide on-site training in aquaculture facilities optional
- optional, not held communicate verbal instructions optional
- optional, not held cooperate with colleagues optional
- optional, not held critique the dive with the dive team optional
- optional, not held lead a team optional
- optional, not held make independent operating decisions optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- optional, not held work in inclement conditions optional
- optional, not held work in outdoor conditions optional
- optional, not held work in shifts optional
33 held skills the aquaculture husbandry technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assess cage water quality skill
- not needed by the target role carry out feeding operations skill
- not needed by the target role carry out fish disease prevention measures skill
- not needed by the target role carry out maintenance on cage equipment and machinery skill
- not needed by the target role conduct fish mortality studies skill
- not needed by the target role effect of water currents knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle harvested fish skill
- not needed by the target role harvest aquatic resources skill
- not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
- not needed by the target role identify common aquatic species diseases skill
- not needed by the target role maintain aquaculture cage equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain cage nets skill
- not needed by the target role maintain grading equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain internal communication systems skill
- not needed by the target role maintain ropes skill
- not needed by the target role manage waste skill
- not needed by the target role measure water flow skill
- not needed by the target role measure water quality parameters skill
- not needed by the target role monitor fish health status skill
- not needed by the target role observe abnormal fish behaviour skill
- not needed by the target role operate an emergency communication system skill
- not needed by the target role operation of lifting gears knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform water chemistry analysis skill
- not needed by the target role perform water treatments skill
- not needed by the target role pests and diseases knowledge
- not needed by the target role rope manipulation knowledge
- not needed by the target role screen live fish deformities skill
- not needed by the target role set up fish harvesting equipment skill
- not needed by the target role supervise cage net systems skill
- not needed by the target role undertake continuous professional development in fishery operations skill
- not needed by the target role use communication devices skill
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
- not needed by the target role use water disinfection equipment 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.
- required, not held aquaculture cultivation equipment required
- required, not held aquaculture production planning software required
- required, not held computerised feeding systems required
- optional, not held escapee contingency plans optional
Other moves recorded from aquaculture cage technician
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.