# Competences — aquaculture husbandry worker

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/c0a15ec7-10e6-45e7-b69c-b85ff6f4f87f).

## Essential

- **assist with vaccination procedures** (skill/competence)
- **biosecurity** (knowledge)
- **carry out feeding operations** (skill/competence)
- **carry out maintenance of aquaculture equipment** (skill/competence)
- **carry out preparations for fish disease specialist** (skill/competence)
- **clean aquaculture stock units** (skill/competence)
- **collect biological data** (skill/competence)
- **collect broodstock** (skill/competence)
- **collect dead fish** (skill/competence)
- **collect fish samples for diagnosis** (skill/competence)
- **collect growth rate information** (skill/competence)
- **follow hygienic practices in fishery operations** (skill/competence)
- **follow safety precautions in fishery operations** (skill/competence)
- **identity aquaculture species** (skill/competence)
- **load equipment** (skill/competence)
- **maintain aquaculture containers** (skill/competence)
- **maintain aquaculture ponds** (skill/competence)
- **maintain aquaculture water quality** (skill/competence)
- **maintain aquaculture water quality in hatcheries** (skill/competence)
- **manure aquaculture ponds** (skill/competence)
- **measure the impact of specific aquaculture activity** (skill/competence)
- **measure water flow** (skill/competence)
- **monitor fish health status** (skill/competence)
- **monitor larval growth** (skill/competence)
- **monitor water quality** (skill/competence)
- **operate biological filtration** (skill/competence)
- **operate fish capture equipment** (skill/competence)
- **operate forklift** (skill/competence)
- **perform fish grading operations** (skill/competence)
- **prepare fish holding units** (skill/competence)
- **rope manipulation** (knowledge)
- **screen live fish deformities** (skill/competence)
- **stock fish** (skill/competence)
- **transport fish** (skill/competence)
- **unload equipment** (skill/competence)
- **use aquaculture heavy equipment** (skill/competence)
- **use oxygenation equipment** (skill/competence)
- **use water disinfection equipment** (skill/competence)
- **work in shifts** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- communicate by telephone (skill/competence)
- communicate in an outdoor setting (skill/competence)
- communicate verbal instructions (skill/competence)
- extinguish fires (skill/competence)
- incidents and accidents recording (knowledge)
- maintain diving equipment (skill/competence)
- monitor fish mortality rates (skill/competence)
- operation of transport equipment (knowledge)
- report harvested fish production (skill/competence)
- report pollution incidents (skill/competence)
- report to the team leader (skill/competence)
- undertake continuous professional development in fishery operations (skill/competence)
- use communication devices (skill/competence)
- work in a fishery team (skill/competence)
- work in inclement conditions (skill/competence)
- work in outdoor conditions (skill/competence)