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Career Guidance Skills handling and moving S6.3 - transforming and blending materials S6.3.6 - collecting and preparing specimens or materials for testing Preserve fish samples for diagnosis
Description
Collect and preserve larval, fish and mollusc samples or lesions for diagnosis by fish disease specialists.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 7 occupations
- Optional in 1 occupations
- Total: 8 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 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…
- Aquatic animal health professionalAquatic animal health professionals diagnose, prevent, and treat diseases, injuries, and dysfunctions of aquatic animals by implementing appropriate sampling protocols. They superv…
- Water-based aquaculture workerWater-based aquaculture workers carry out manual activities in the ongrowing processes of cultured aquatic organisms in water-based suspended systems (floating or submerged structu…
- 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…
- 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
- 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…
Related skills
- Screen live fish deformities
- Collect broodstock
- Fish biology
- Monitor fish mortality rates
- Animal welfare legislation
- Ensure aquaculture personnel health and safety
- Use communication devices
- Monitor fish health status
- Carry out fish disease prevention measures
- Observe abnormal fish behaviour
- Fish identification and classification
- Work in outdoor conditions
Last updated on February 18, 2026
