Becoming an Aquaculture Worker in Queensland

About this role

Aquaculture Workers perform routine tasks in breeding and raising fish and other aquatic stock.

What you might do day-to-day in this job

Typical tasks for an Aquaculture Worker include:

• feeding and grading fish, and monitoring their growth
• assisting with farm layout and constructing nets, long-lines and cages
• checking and looking after equipment and fish housing
• operating pumps and other equipment
• testing and checking on water quality
• removing dead and dying fish
• operating lifting equipment such as forklifts and small cranes
• harvesting fish, and sorting and packing for transportation
• restocking pens, pools, tanks, ponds, rivers and dams with juvenile fish
• collecting and recording growth, production and water quality data.