# Competences — aquaculture hatchery manager

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/02bd7cac-8263-4425-b03d-19001ffe8787).

## Essential

- **animal welfare legislation** (knowledge)
- **apply company policies** (skill/competence)
- **aquaculture reproduction** (knowledge)
- **assess environmental impact in aquaculture operations** (skill/competence)
- **assess feeding behaviour of larvae** (skill/competence)
- **biosecurity** (knowledge)
- **control aquatic production environment** (skill/competence)
- **deliver aquatic products to customer specifications** (skill/competence)
- **develop aquaculture hatchery business plan** (skill/competence)
- **develop management plans to reduce risks in aquaculture** (skill/competence)
- **enforce sanitation procedures** (skill/competence)
- **ensure aquaculture personnel health and safety** (skill/competence)
- **fish anatomy** (knowledge)
- **fish biology** (knowledge)
- **fish identification and classification** (knowledge)
- **genetic selection programme** (knowledge)
- **induce spawning and fertilisation on aquaculture species** (skill/competence)
- **inspect aquaculture equipment** (skill/competence)
- **licences regulation** (knowledge)
- **maintain the production of juveniles at the nursery stage** (skill/competence)
- **make time-critical decisions** (skill/competence)
- **manage aquatic resources stock production** (skill/competence)
- **manage capture broodstock operations** (skill/competence)
- **organise labour** (skill/competence)
- **plan aquatic resources feeding regimes** (skill/competence)
- **plankton production** (knowledge)
- **provide on-site training in aquaculture facilities** (skill/competence)
- **sanitation measures for aquaculture hatchery production** (knowledge)
- **schedule hatchery supplies** (skill/competence)
- **supervise aquaculture facilities** (skill/competence)
- **treat fish diseases** (skill/competence)
- **write work-related reports** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- aquaculture production planning software (knowledge)
- develop aquaculture strategies (skill/competence)
- encourage teambuilding (skill/competence)
- evaluate potential aquaculture conflicts (skill/competence)
- feed broodstock (skill/competence)
- fishing industry (knowledge)
- hatchery design (knowledge)
- implement scientific decision making in healthcare (skill/competence)
- lead a team (skill/competence)
- maintain hatchery records (skill/competence)
- make independent operating decisions (skill/competence)
- manage a small-to-medium business (skill/competence)
- manage a team (skill/competence)
- manage teamwork (skill/competence)
- monitor larval growth (skill/competence)
- screen live fish deformities (skill/competence)
- work in inclement conditions (skill/competence)
- work in outdoor conditions (skill/competence)
- work in shifts (skill/competence)