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Job Description

Direct and coordinate, through subordinate supervisory personnel, activities of workers engaged in fish hatchery production for corporations, cooperatives, or other owners.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 11-9013.03

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Aquacultural Managers”.

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Tasks for “Hatchery Manager”

Identify environmental requirements of a particular species, and select and oversee the preparation of sites for species cultivation.
Conduct and supervise stock examinations to identify diseases or parasites.
Direct and monitor the transfer of mature fish to lakes, ponds, streams, or commercial tanks.
Direct and monitor trapping and spawning of fish, egg incubation, and fry rearing, applying knowledge of management and fish culturing techniques.
Account for and disburse funds.
Scuba dive to inspect sea farm operations.
Prepare reports required by state and federal laws.
Determine, administer, and execute policies relating to operations administration and standards, and facility maintenance.
Devise and participate in activities to improve fish hatching and growth rates, and to prevent disease in hatcheries.
Operate and maintain cultivating and harvesting equipment.
Collect and record growth, production, and environmental data.
Monitor environments to ensure maintenance of optimum conditions for aquatic life.
Coordinate the selection and maintenance of brood stock.
Collect information regarding techniques for fish collection and fertilization, spawn incubation, and treatment of spawn and fry.
Supervise and train aquaculture and fish hatchery support workers.
Grow fish and shellfish as cash crops or for release into freshwater or saltwater.
Determine how to allocate resources and to respond to unanticipated problems, such as insect infestation, drought, and fire.
Confer with biologists, fish pathologists, and other fishery personnel to obtain data concerning fish habits, diseases, food, and environmental requirements.
Design and construct pens, floating stations, and collector strings or fences for sea farms.

Related Technology & Tools

Fish egg sorters
Temperature monitors
Laptop computers
Claw hammers
Water test kits
Fish counters
Ozone generators
Fish incubators
Air compression equipment
Fish graders
Handheld dissolved oxygen meters
Phillips screwdrivers
Fish egg counters
Fish transfer pumps
Layout squares
Biological filters
Screen filters
Tanker trucks
Turbine water pumps
Fish crowders
Power nail guns
Safety gloves
Cordless power drills
Gas-powered generators
Tubing cutters
Ultraviolet light UV water disinfection systems
Straight screwdrivers
Seine reels
Water filters
Fish feeders
Woodworking chisels
Fish holding pens
Portable power saws
Aeration pumps
Pipe wrenches
Clockwork belt feeders
Fry nets
Hacksaws
Dip nets
Propane torches
Power mowers
Adjustable hand wrenches
Personal computers
Digital flowmeters
Water level monitors
Aquaculture tanks
Tongue and groove pliers
Utility forklifts
Centrifugal water pumps
Cage nets
Multipurpose tractors
Utility knives
Power nail pullers
Fish collection nets
pH probes
Round metal files
Fish traps
Multipurpose pliers

Fish stocking databases
Hatchery database systems
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Access
Staff scheduling software
Microsoft Office
AquaSoft Farm Manager
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Word
Data entry software
Web browser software
Time reporting software
Statistical analysis software