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Career: Aquacultural Managers
Job Description
Direct and coordinate, through subordinate supervisory personnel, activities of workers engaged in fish hatchery production for corporations, cooperatives, or other owners.
Job Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
100
|
Conduct and supervise stock examinations in order to identify diseases or parasites. |
100
|
Monitor environments to ensure maintenance of optimum conditions for aquatic life. |
100
|
Determine, administer, and execute policies relating to operations administration and standards, and facility maintenance. |
100
|
Confer with biologists, fish pathologists, and other fishery personnel to obtain data concerning fish habits, diseases, food, and environmental requirements. |
97
|
Supervise and train aquaculture and fish hatchery support workers. |
97
|
Collect and record growth, production, and environmental data. |
97
|
Account for and disburse funds. |
97
|
Devise and participate in activities to improve fish hatching and growth rates, and to prevent disease in hatcheries. |
97
|
Direct and monitor the transfer of mature fish to lakes, ponds, streams, or commercial tanks. |
97
|
Collect information regarding techniques for fish collection and fertilization, spawn incubation, and treatment of spawn and fry. |
97
|
Determine how to allocate resources, and how to respond to unanticipated problems such as insect infestation, drought, and fire. |
97
|
Prepare reports required by state and federal laws. |
94
|
Operate and maintain cultivating and harvesting equipment. |
94
|
Identify environmental requirements of a particular species, and select and oversee the preparation of sites for species cultivation. |
90
|
Coordinate the selection and maintenance of brood stock. |
87
|
Grow fish and shellfish as cash crops or for release into freshwater or saltwater. |
87
|
Direct and monitor trapping and spawning of fish, egg incubation, and fry rearing, applying knowledge of management and fish culturing techniques. |
63
|
Design and construct pens, floating stations, and collector strings or fences for sea farms. |
40
|
Scuba dive in order to inspect sea farm operations. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
74
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
74
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
73
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
73
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
73
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
72
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
71
|
Getting Information
|
71
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
71
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
71
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
70
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
68
|
Processing Information
|
68
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
68
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
68
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
67
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
67
|
Thinking Creatively
|
66
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
66
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
64
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
64
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
63
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
62
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
61
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|
61
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
60
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
60
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|
59
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
59
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
57
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
56
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|
56
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
55
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
55
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
55
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
54
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|
53
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
53
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
52
|
Interacting With Computers
|
46
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
43
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|