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Career Guidance Skills handling and moving S6.9 - handling animals S6.9.5 - feeding and grooming animals Carry out feeding operations
Description
Carry out manual feeding. Calibrate and operate automatic and computerised feeding systems. Monitor animal feeding behaviour.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 5 occupations
- Optional in 1 occupations
- Total: 6 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 6 (Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers)
Essential for
- Water-based aquaculture technicianWater-based aquaculture technicians coordinate and supervise activities on fattening aquaculture organisms in suspended systems (floating or submerged structures). They participate…
- Aquaculture cage technicianAquaculture cage technicians operate in the production of aquatic organisms in water-based (freshwater, brackish water, salt water) on-growing processes in cages. Other titles The …
- Aquaculture environmental analystAquaculture environmental analysts assess, plan and implement programmes to recognise, monitor and control environmental factors that can potentially affect the health of aquatic a…
- Aquaculture husbandry workerAquaculture husbandry workers are active in the production of aquatic organisms in land-based on-growing processes. They assist in the process of raising organisms through all sta…
- Aquaculture hatchery technicianAquaculture hatchery technicians operate and control all aspects of the hatchery production processes, from broodstock management to pregrowing juveniles. Duties The duties of an a…
Optional for
- Aquaculture rearing technicianAquaculture rearing technicians operate in aquatic organisms' production. They are specialists in the rearing, weaning and production of juveniles. Other titles The following job t…
Related skills
- Animal nutrition
- Animal feed ingredients
- Livestock feeding
- Computerised feeding systems
- Collect broodstock
- Use communication devices
- Screen live fish deformities
- Preserve fish samples for diagnosis
- Fish biology
- Work in outdoor conditions
- Ensure aquaculture personnel health and safety
- Monitor fish health status
- Use water disinfection equipment
- Monitor larval growth
- Animal welfare legislation
- Carry out preparations for fish disease specialist
Last updated on February 18, 2026
