Fish farmer

In your day-to-day duties you could:

• breed or buy fish in large amounts
•  feed and monitor fish health
•  grade and move fish as they grow
•  maintain buildings, equipment and habitats
•  treat used water
•  harvest and sell stock

• knowledge of biology
• to be thorough and pay attention to detail
• the ability to work well with others
• patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations
• the ability to use your initiative
• the ability to work well with your hands
• business management skills 
• excellent verbal communication skills
• to be able to carry out basic tasks on a computer or hand-held device

You may need a driving licence to travel to work, collect feed and equipment and deliver to local buyers.

You can get into this job through:

• a college course
• applying directly

You could move into areas like fisheries management, biological science or environmental research by taking a degree qualification.

On a larger farm, you could progress to supervisor or manager.

You could also start your own fish farm.