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A aquaculture hatchery technician already meets 31% of what the aquaculture hatchery manager role asks for. The move turns on 22 required skills not yet in the profile.
31%
75.8/ 100
1 Share of the aquaculture hatchery manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the aquaculture hatchery 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 hatchery manager role treats 10 of its required skills as things a aquaculture hatchery technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- animal welfare legislation
- aquaculture reproduction
- ensure aquaculture personnel health and safety
- fish biology
- genetic selection programme
- induce spawning and fertilisation on aquaculture species
What stands in the way is 22 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 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A aquaculture hatchery manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a aquaculture hatchery technician background worth leading with.
- already held hatchery design agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held genetic selection programme natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held induce spawning and fertilisation on aquaculture species handling and moving
- already held maintain the production of juveniles at the nursery stage handling and moving
- already held manage capture broodstock operations handling and moving
- already held sanitation measures for aquaculture hatchery production services
All 16 carried skills, including the 10 the aquaculture hatchery manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 35 missing skills fall into 9 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 develop aquaculture hatchery business plan required
- required, not held schedule hatchery supplies required
- required, not held supervise aquaculture facilities required
- required, not held make time-critical decisions required
- required, not held organise labour required
- optional, not held encourage teambuilding optional
- optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
- optional, not held manage teamwork optional
- optional, not held develop aquaculture strategies optional
- optional, not held implement scientific decision making in healthcare optional
- optional, not held lead a team optional
- optional, not held make independent operating decisions optional
- optional, not held manage a team optional
- required, not held deliver aquatic products to customer specifications required
- required, not held manage aquatic resources stock production required
- required, not held plan aquatic resources feeding regimes required
- required, not held control aquatic production environment required
- required, not held treat fish diseases required
- required, not held assess environmental impact in aquaculture operations required
- required, not held assess feeding behaviour of larvae required
- required, not held develop management plans to reduce risks in aquaculture required
- required, not held inspect aquaculture equipment required
- optional, not held evaluate potential aquaculture conflicts optional
- required, not held enforce sanitation procedures required
- required, not held apply company policies required
- optional, not held work in inclement conditions optional
- required, not held provide on-site training in aquaculture facilities required
- required, not held write work-related reports required
- optional, not held work in shifts optional
- required, not held fish anatomy required
- required, not held fish identification and classification required
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a aquaculture hatchery manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 develop aquaculture hatchery business plan skill · occupation specific
- 02 schedule hatchery supplies skill · occupation specific
- 03 assess environmental impact in aquaculture operations skill · 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 16 skills that carry over
- already held animal welfare legislation knowledge
- already held aquaculture reproduction knowledge
- already held ensure aquaculture personnel health and safety skill
- already held fish biology knowledge
- already held genetic selection programme knowledge
- already held induce spawning and fertilisation on aquaculture species skill
- already held maintain the production of juveniles at the nursery stage skill
- already held manage capture broodstock operations skill
- already held plankton production knowledge
- already held sanitation measures for aquaculture hatchery production knowledge
- already held feed broodstock skill
- already held hatchery design knowledge
- already held maintain hatchery records skill
- already held monitor larval growth skill
- already held screen live fish deformities skill
- already held work in outdoor conditions skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held biosecurity required
- required, not held licences regulation required
- optional, not held aquaculture production planning software optional
- optional, not held fishing industry optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held evaluate potential aquaculture conflicts optional
- optional, not held aquaculture production planning software optional
- optional, not held encourage teambuilding optional
- optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
- optional, not held manage teamwork optional
- optional, not held develop aquaculture strategies optional
- optional, not held fishing industry optional
- optional, not held implement scientific decision making in healthcare optional
- optional, not held lead a team optional
- optional, not held make independent operating decisions optional
- optional, not held manage a team optional
- optional, not held work in inclement conditions optional
- optional, not held work in shifts optional
31 held skills the aquaculture hatchery manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role carry out feeding operations skill
- not needed by the target role carry out hatchery production processes skill
- not needed by the target role carry out maintenance of aquaculture equipment skill
- not needed by the target role carry out waste water treatment skill
- not needed by the target role collect broodstock skill
- not needed by the target role condition broodstock skill
- not needed by the target role cultivate plankton skill
- not needed by the target role culture aquaculture hatchery stocks skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with aquaculture standards skill
- not needed by the target role environmental legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role fisheries management knowledge
- not needed by the target role green water incubation technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role interpret scientific data to assess water quality skill
- not needed by the target role maintain hatchery equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain hatchery facilities skill
- not needed by the target role manage animal biosecurity skill
- not needed by the target role manage aquatic habitat skill
- not needed by the target role manage water quality testing skill
- not needed by the target role monitor fish health status skill
- not needed by the target role monitor hatchery production skill
- not needed by the target role monitor water quality skill
- not needed by the target role operate hatchery recirculation system skill
- not needed by the target role operate hatchery trays skill
- not needed by the target role perform water treatment procedures skill
- not needed by the target role perform water treatments skill
- not needed by the target role preserve fish samples for diagnosis skill
- not needed by the target role rear food fish skill
- not needed by the target role supervise waste water treatments skill
- not needed by the target role treat contaminated water skill
- not needed by the target role use aquacultural heating equipment skill
- not needed by the target role use water disinfection equipment skill
6 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 fish anatomy required
- required, not held biosecurity required
- required, not held fish identification and classification required
- required, not held licences regulation required
- optional, not held aquaculture production planning software optional
- optional, not held fishing industry optional
Other moves recorded from aquaculture hatchery 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.