Farm Worker Aquaculture
Employer
22550 County Road 507
Itta Bena, MS 38941
United States
Job description
Seine stock ponds to harvest stocker catfish and transfers to grow-out ponds.
Feed fish. Feed nursery ponds, feed the fingerlings and brood stock fish;
Monitor and correct oxygen levels in water (days and some nights), observe fish behavior and physical condition.
Harvest fish from ponds and load on trucks, (wade in the pond to position net using a foot to keep the mud line of the net on bottom,)
Check brood ponds, collect brood fish ready to spawn and transport to hatchery. Strip eggs from brood fish, fertilize eggs, and place eggs in hatching troughs.
Monitor hatchery, clean hatching troughs by hand, feed fry, clean and disinfect hatching jars. Transfer fry to nursery ponds.
After spawning consolidate brood fish to holding ponds.
Monitor water temperature and oxygen levels in the holding and fingerling ponds.
Perform typical farm and pond maintenance: levee repair and maintenance; pull weeds, mow grass, clean and store equipment, etc. uses seines, dip nets, waders, gloves uses oxygen meter and/or chemical test kit.
Operate farm equipment-tractor, etc.
Special Requirements
4b. Able to drive tractor. Able to operate equipmentweed eaters, mowers. Use hand toolsshovels, hoes. A drivers license is not required to drive farm trucks on farm access roads or to drive farm implements, tractors etc. 4d. Drug testing can be conducted at Delta Hybrid Farms expense if at any time employer feels it is necessary to ensure safety in the workplace. Random drug testing will be done post hiring, for cause testing, post-accident testing. This job is performed around various farm implements-tractors, paddle wheels. It is also performed in 4 6 feet of water. Workers must be fully aware of their surroundings and the other workers at all times, slippery ponds surfaces, snakes etc. Able to swim-ponds are 4-6 deep. Drug screening at Delta Hybrid Farms expense is conducted once job offer is accepted and prior to beginning work on Delta Hybrid Farms job site. All drug testing will be conducted at no cost to the worker.