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Career Guidance Skills handling and moving S6.9 - handling animals S6.9.2 - tending and breeding aquatic animals Monitor growth rates of cultivated fish species
Description
Monitor and assess growth rates and biomass of cultivated fish species, taking mortalities into account. Calculate and forecast growth rates. Monitor and assess mortalities.
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 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 production managerAquaculture production managers plan, direct and coordinate the production of fish, shellfish or other forms of aquatic life such as cash crops, in large-scale aquaculture operatio…
- Aquaculture recirculation managerAquaculture recirculation managers control the production of aquatic organisms in land-based recirculation systems, manage water re-use processes and supervise complex circulation,…
- Aquaculture recirculation technicianAquaculture recirculation technicians operate and control the production processes of aquatic organisms in land-based recirculation systems, which utilise water re-use processes an…
Optional for
- Aquaculture harvesting technicianAquaculture harvesting technicians operate the harvesting process of aquatic organisms' production, managing the complex equipment and machinery used in the harvesting of specific …
Related skills
- Aquatic species
- Shellfish cultivation systems
- Rates of growth assessment
- Ensure aquaculture personnel health and safety
- Write work-related reports
- Communicate verbal instructions
- Fish biology
- Use communication devices
- Work in inclement conditions
- Screen live fish deformities
- Lead a team
- Apply fish treatments
- Provide on-site training in aquaculture facilities
- Monitor fish health status
- Carry out fish disease prevention measures
Last updated on February 19, 2026
