aquaculture worker
Education:
No degree, certificate or diploma.
Work site environment:
- Outdoors.
- In/on water.
- Wet/damp.
- Odours.
- Cold/refrigerated.
Work setting:
- Mussel sites (land/barge).
- Commercial aquatic farm.
Tasks:
- Feed aquaculture stock.
- Maintain aquaculture equipment.
- Operate aquaculture equipment.
- Write daily basic progress reports.
- Cull, mark or tag aquaculture stocks .
- Rake and gather marine plants.
- Spread and dry marine plants.
- Transport marine plants to processing 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 — mussels.
Type of fishing:
Mussel socking and harvesting.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Fast-paced environment.
- Work under pressure.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Physically demanding.
- Manual dexterity.
- Attention to detail.
- Hand-eye co-ordination.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Large workload.
Weight handling:
Up to 23 kg (50 lbs).
Personal suitability:
- Dependability.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Flexibility.
- Initiative.
- Judgement.
- Team player.
Employment terms options:
- Early morning.
- Evening.
- Shift.
- Morning.
Experience:
No experience (will train).
Employment terms options:
- Day.
- Weekend.
- Overtime required.
Support for newcomers and refugees:
Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.) . Does not require Canadian work experience.
Support for youths:
Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.