Farm Worker - Aquaculture

Job description

Position primarily involves relatively skilled, hands-on farm work required for the commercial production of live fish for sale to other producers/farms or to processors throughout all assigned job tasks. Job duties will require workers to:

Oversee, direct, monitor or instruct less-skilled or unskilled employees who are providing assistance in support roles such as: repairs to drains, levees, wells, aerators, equipment, and road grading work; ground maintenance; harvesting fish; hatchery operations; water oxygen levels. Operate boats or tractors on fish ponds to position seine nets and sock nets used to capture fish. Sample, count, and weigh fish. Record field data and prepare reports relating to hatchery/ harvesting/ and feeding activities by inputting data into an electronic registry or recording data on paper forms. Monitor and observe fish characteristics such as: length, weight, behavior, growth, survival, and or signs of parasites, diseases or pathogens, while performing other job duties. Monitor and maintain pond water oxygen levels and pond water quality levels using oxygen meters including the performance of standard water quality tests. Cleaning and replacing probes and batteries on oxygen sensing buoys. Monitor parts, tools, and supply inventories. Workers will monitor oxygen levels via computer systems and record oxygen levels on daily forms. Support aquaculture fish rearing activities including feeding fish by filling feed trucks with feed from feed bins, feed trucks, making determinations about the amount of feed and type of feed and which ponds to feed, monitoring daily feed rates. Plan, oversee, and engage in repairs to drains, levees, and wells and road grading work. Monitor status of ponds and assist management in making decisions on when to empty ponds of fish, when to drain ponds, when to restock ponds, and when to transfer fish from pond to pond to keep from overcrowding. Perform routine maintenance and repair on equipment, systems, boats, tractors, automotive vehicles, aerators. Maintain work logs, repairs, and maintenance records. Monitor parts, tools, and supplies inventory. Spray and mow grass and weeds using tractors. Record field data and prepare reports relating to hatchery / harvesting / feeding activities. Follow directions and instructions from managers and supervisors. Complete other similar and related tasks and duties as assigned. Monitor and perform routine maintenance and repair on equipment, systems, boats, tractors, automotive vehicles, aerators. Daily duties may vary depending on field, weather, and crop conditions. The employer reserves the right to increase workers' pay or provide bonuses based on tenure, performance, or other factors that are solely based on the discretion of the employer.

Special Requirements

Job requires having or being able to obtain a drivers license within 30 days of hire. Basic English literacy and math skills are required. Workers must have the ability to swim. Work will occasionally require workers to stand in ponds to perform job duties. Job will require periods when workers may be exposed to varying weather conditions and extensive sitting, walking, stooping or bending. Random drug testing and criminal background checks may occur post-hire at the employers expense. These checks may be performed to ensure safe housing and work environments for all workers.