Fish Farm Worker

Job description

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

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, 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

Operate hydraulic loader crane attachments to move fish from nets to live tanks on board a tractor-trailer truck

Guide movement of fish from crane scoop attachment to live tanks, positioning the scoop and releasing fish from the scoop into live tanks

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 including the performance of standard water quality tests

Support aquaculture fish rearing activities including feeding fish, making determinations about the amount of feed and type of feed and which ponds to feed

Engage in aquaculture fish breeding activities including sorting and collecting breeding age sexually mature female and male fish from ponds

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Special Requirements

In its sole discretion, the employer may conduct a general background check of employees post hire to be paid for by the employer. This may be done to protect the employer, other employees, and their equipment against being in the hands of someone who has been involved with drugs, theft, or worse as this equipment could be operated on public roads for short distances
Knowledge Requirements:
Ability to regularly use knowledge of basic arithmetic, reading, writing, and data collection to perform routine or repetitive tasks
May be required to use knowledge of the basic principles and protocols of fish biology to make readings, measurements, and observations, execute tests, collect samples, etc.
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