- Calculate the feeding regime, monitor the health of the fish, prawn, frog and treat them when appropriate.
- Plan breeding programs and grow schedules to obtain maximum efficiency.
- Adhere to environmental standards.
- Adapt to new technologies as they develop and learn practical skills.
- Oversees aquaculture farm processes, supervising/training employees of a lower grade, ensures adherence to relevant legislation governing occupational health, environmental and safety standards.
- Main duties:
- Ensuring that tasks are conducted according to the aquaculture farm’s required standard operating procedures.
- Planning and preparing work schedules and assigning workers to specific duties.
- Ensuring that the adequate resources are available to workers to ensure delivery on tasks, and that resources are used in a non-wasteful manner.
- Tracking and ordering of consumables such as fish feed, chemicals, fuel etc.
- Solving basis day-to-day procedural problems and challenges.
- Ensuring that all required checklists, worksheets and datasheets are completed and signed off as per relevant procedure.
- Capturing important data on computer where required.
- Interviewing, hiring, training, evaluating and resolving worker grievances.
- Ensuring that all day-to-day activities comply with requirements of relevant legislation such as occupational health and safety, food safety, environmental safety etc.
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