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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 “Oyster Cultivator”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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