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Career Guidance Skills handling and moving S6.9 - handling animals S6.9.2 - tending and breeding aquatic animals Handle fish products
Description
Handle fish with care and hygiene required to maintain quality. Adequately prepare fish products for storage.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 4 occupations
- Optional in 1 occupations
- Total: 5 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 8 (Plant and machine operators, and assemblers)
Essential for
- Fisheries deckhandFisheries deckhands work on fishing vessels where they carry out fishing related activities. They undertake a wide range of fishing and maritime work on land and at sea, such…
- Deep-sea fishery workerDeep-sea fishery workers operate on board fishing vessels to catch deep-sea fish for sale or delivery. They use equipment such as rods and nets to catch deep-sea fish according…
- BoatswainBoatswains organise the crew on deck and at the fishing hold to execute the orders received from a superior. They coordinate the operations of maintenance, manoeuvres, assembly and…
- Fisheries observerFisheries observers record and report on fishing activity and the level of compliance and enforcement of conservation measures in force in the work area by controlling the vessel's…
Optional for
- Fish preparation operatorFish preparation operators realize the preparation of fish and shellfish according to hygiene, food safety and trade regulations. They carry out fish processing operations, and als…
Related skills
- Quality of fish products
- Preserve fish products
- Survive at sea in the event of ship abandonment
- International regulations for preventing collisions at sea
- Fisheries legislation
- Risks associated with undertaking fishing operations
- Fisheries management
- Fishing gear
- Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries
- International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
- Communicate using the global maritime distress and safety system
- Fishing vessels
Last updated on February 19, 2026
