Aquaculture environmental analyst

Aquaculture environmental analysts assess, plan and implement programmes to recognise, monitor and control environmental factors that can potentially affect the health of aquatic animals and plants.

The following job titles also refer to aquaculture environmental analyst:

aquaculture environmental scientist
specialist in aquaculture environmental analysis
aquaculture environmental specialist
marine scientist
aquaculture environment specialist
fish farming environmental specialist

Master’s degree is generally required to work as aquaculture environmental analyst. However, this requirement may differ in some countries.

ISCO skill level is defined as a function of the complexity and range of tasks and duties to be performed in an occupation. It is measured on a scale from 1 to 4, with 1 the lowest level and 4 the highest, by considering:

• the nature of the work performed in an occupation in relation to the characteristic tasks and duties
• the level of formal education required for competent performance of the tasks and duties involved and
• the amount of informal on-the-job training and/or previous experience in a related occupation required for competent performance of these tasks and duties.

Aquaculture environmental analyst is a Skill level 4 occupation.

These occupations, although different, require a lot of knowledge and skills similar to aquaculture environmental analyst.

ecologist
environmental expert
environmental programme coordinator
environmental policy officer
environmental scientist

These occupations require some skills and knowledge of aquaculture environmental analyst. They also require other skills and knowledge, but at a higher ISCO skill level, meaning these occupations are accessible from a position of aquaculture environmental analyst with a significant experience and/or extensive training.

This knowledge should be acquired through learning to fulfill the role of aquaculture environmental analyst.

Environmental policy: Local, national and international policies dealing with the promotion of environmental sustainability and the development of projects which reduce negative environmental impact and improve the state of the environment.
Aquaculture legal documents: The required permits, licenses, leases and approvals used in aquaculture and their application to specific fish farms and conditions.
Animal welfare legislation: The legal boundaries, codes of professional conduct, national and EU regulatory frameworks and legal procedures of working with animals and living organisms, ensuring their welfare and health.
Pollution legislation: Be familiar with European and National legislation regarding the risk of pollution.
Environmental legislation: The environmental policies and legislation applicable in a certain domain.
Fish biology: The study of fish, shellfish or crustacean organisms, categorized into many specialised fields that cover their morphology, physiology, anatomy, behaviour, origins and distribution.
Pollution prevention: The processes used to prevent pollution: precautions to pollution of the environment, procedures to counter pollution and associated equipment, and possible measures to protect the environment.
Ecology: The study of how organisms interact and their relation to the ambient environment.

These skills are necessary for the role of aquaculture environmental analyst.

Carry out training in environmental matters: Perform staff training and ensure all members of the workforce understand how they can contribute to improved environmental performance.
Assess contamination: Analyse evidence of contamination. Advise on how to decontaminate.
Grow cultures used in monitoring experiments: Grow cultures for use in monitoring experiments to make sure that correct laboratory quality control procedures are carried out.
Perform environmental investigations: Perform environmental investigations as required, checking regulatory proceedings, possible legal actions or other types of complaint.
Assess environmental impact in aquaculture operations: Measure the environmental impact of a company’s aquaculture operations. Take into account factors such as quality of the sea and surface water, fish and sea plant habitats and risks regarding the quality of air, odour and noise.
Measure the impact of specific aquaculture activity: Identify and measure the biological, physico-chemical impacts of specific aquaculture farm activity on the environment. Carry out all necessary tests, including collection and processing of samples for analysis.
Develop environmental policy: Develop an organisational policy on sustainable development and compliance with environmental legislation in line with policy mechanisms used in the field of environmental protection.
Carry out environmental audits: Use equipment to measure various environmental parameters in order to identify environmental problems and investigate manners in which they can be resolved. Perform inspections in order to ensure compliance with environmental legislation.
Analyse environmental data: Analyse data that interpret correlations between human activities and environmental effects.
Monitor legislation developments: Monitor changes in rules, policies and legislation, and identify how they may influence the organisation, existing operations, or a specific case or situation.
Write work-related reports: Compose work-related reports that support effective relationship management and a high standard of documentation and record keeping. Write and present results and conclusions in a clear and intelligible way so they are comprehensible to a non-expert audience.
Advise on environmental risk management systems: Evaluate requirements and advise on systems for environmental risk management. Ensure the customer does his part in preventing or limiting adverse environmental impact through the use of technology. Ensure required licenses and permits are obtained.
Apply standard feeding and nutrition protocols: Make up feed on-site. Feed animals by hand or with feeding machines according to agreed protocols. Monitor animal feeding behaviour.
Monitor the farm environmental management plan: Identify environmental designations and directives that relate to a given farm and incorporate their requirements in to the farm planning process. Monitor the implementation of the farm environmental management plan and review timescales.
Ensure the safety of endangered species and protected areas: Ensure that projects do not adversely affect migratory birds, rare or endangered animal species, critical habitat or environmentally protected areas.
Assess environmental impact: Monitor environmental impacts and carry out assessments in order to identify and to reduce the organisation’s environmental risks while taking costs into account.
Report on environmental issues: Compile environmental reports and communicate on issues. Inform the public or any interested parties in a given context on relevant recent developments in the environment, forecasts on the future of the environment, and any problems and possible solutions.
Prevent marine pollution: Conduct inspections and take measures in order to prevent or mitigate marine pollution. Adhere to international codes and resolutions.
Analyse work-related written reports: Read and comprehend job-related reports, analyse the content of reports and apply findings to daily work operations.

This knowledge is sometimes, but not always, required for the role of aquaculture environmental analyst. However, mastering this knowledge allows you to have more opportunities for career development.

Fish anatomy: The study of the form or morphology of fish species.

These skills and competences are sometimes, but not always, required for the role of aquaculture environmental analyst. However, mastering these skills and competences allows you to have more opportunities for career development.

Deliver online training: Provide training by using online technologies, adapting the learning materials, using e-learning methods and communicating online. Instruct virtual classrooms.
Communicate verbal instructions: Communicate transparent instructions. Ensure that messages are understood and followed correctly.
Assess environmental plans against financial costs: Assess environmental plans in financial terms in order to balance the expenditure required for environmental improvements. Assess the economic benefit that those investments will bring in the long-term to the company.
Speak different languages: Master foreign languages to be able to communicate in one or more foreign languages.
Create training materials: Develop and compile training items and resources according to didactical methods and training needs and using specific types of media.
Identify training needs: Analyse the training problems and identify the training requirements of an organisation or individuals, so as to provide them with instruction tailored to their prior mastery, profile, means and problem.
Develop outreach training plans: Develop training plans for outreach and visitor service assistants, guides and volunteers.
Use communication devices: Operate communication devices in order to interact with customers, colleagues, and others.
Promote environmental awareness: Calculate the carbon footprint of business processes and other practices in order to promote sustainability and to raise awareness for the environmental impact.
Coordinate environmental efforts: Organise and integrate all environmental efforts of the company, including pollution control, recycling, waste management, environmental health, conservation and renewable energy.
Provide training: Provide training and orientation to new team members, or assign this task to an appropriately experienced team member.
Provide on-site training in aquaculture facilities: Provide on-site training in aquaculture facilities, through instruction and demonstration of skills. Provide, implement and supervise a training development plan.
Communicate in english in a competent way: Competent use of English; R351refers to level C1 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

2133 – Environmental protection professionals

 

 

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References

1. Aquaculture environmental analyst – ESCO