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The skills this job asks for, and the level for each.
237 skills listed by ESCO, 179 of them essential. 237 are in our skills list and linked; we measure a match on those. ESCO gives no levels, so we ask for level 3 on an essential skill and 2 on the rest.
Occupation: ISCO-08 occupations (International Labour Organization). Skills: This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission (v1.2.1, CC BY 4.0), modified by CareersMatch.
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Showing 10 of 237, essentials first. The table below lists them all.
| Skill | Type | Necessity | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| advise on safety improvements | skill | essential | 3 |
| animal welfare legislation | skill | essential | 3 |
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What this path asks for comes from O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0), through the official ISCO-08 to US occupation crosswalk. A competency is essential where O*NET rates it at least 3.5 of 5 in importance.
| apply company policies | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply fish harvest methods | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply fish treatments | skill | essential | 3 |
| aquaculture cultivation equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| aquaculture industry | skill | essential | 3 |
| aquaculture production planning software | skill | essential | 3 |
| aquaculture reproduction | skill | essential | 3 |
| aquatic resources biosecurity | skill | essential | 3 |
| assess cage water quality | skill | essential | 3 |
| assess environmental impact in aquaculture operations | skill | essential | 3 |
| assess feeding behaviour of larvae | skill | essential | 3 |
| assessment of risks and threats | skill | essential | 3 |
| assist with vaccination procedures | skill | essential | 3 |
| biosecurity | skill | essential | 3 |
| calculate aquatic resources growth rate | skill | essential | 3 |
| carry out feeding operations | skill | essential | 3 |
| carry out fish disease prevention measures | skill | essential | 3 |
| carry out fish transportation | skill | essential | 3 |
| carry out hatchery production processes | skill | essential | 3 |
| carry out maintenance of aquaculture equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| carry out maintenance on cage equipment and machinery | skill | essential | 3 |
| carry out preparations for fish disease specialist | skill | essential | 3 |
| carry out waste water treatment | skill | essential | 3 |
| check diving equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| clean aquaculture stock units | skill | essential | 3 |
| clean off fouling | skill | essential | 3 |
| collect biological data | skill | essential | 3 |
| collect broodstock | skill | essential | 3 |
| collect dead fish | skill | essential | 3 |
| collect fish samples for diagnosis | skill | essential | 3 |
| collect growth rate information | skill | essential | 3 |
| communicate mooring plans | skill | essential | 3 |
| computerised feeding systems | skill | essential | 3 |
| condition broodstock | skill | essential | 3 |
| control aquatic production environment | skill | essential | 3 |
| cooperate with colleagues | skill | essential | 3 |
| cultivate plankton | skill | essential | 3 |
| culture aquaculture hatchery stocks | skill | essential | 3 |
| deliver aquatic products to customer specifications | skill | essential | 3 |
| design principles of containment systems | skill | essential | 3 |
| develop aquaculture hatchery business plan | skill | essential | 3 |
| develop management plans to reduce risks in aquaculture | skill | essential | 3 |
| draw up risk assessment | skill | essential | 3 |
| effect of water currents | skill | essential | 3 |
| enforce sanitation procedures | skill | essential | 3 |
| ensure aquaculture personnel health and safety | skill | essential | 3 |
| ensure cage safety requirements are followed | skill | essential | 3 |
| ensure compliance with aquaculture standards | skill | essential | 3 |
| estimate harvest costs | skill | essential | 3 |
| extinguish fires | skill | essential | 3 |
| feed broodstock | skill | essential | 3 |
| fighting fires at aquaculture facilities | skill | essential | 3 |
| fire-fighting systems | skill | essential | 3 |
| fish anatomy | skill | essential | 3 |
| fish biology | skill | essential | 3 |
| fish grading | skill | essential | 3 |
| fish harvesting methods | skill | essential | 3 |
| fish identification and classification | skill | essential | 3 |
| fishing industry | skill | essential | 3 |
| fish welfare regulations | skill | essential | 3 |
| follow hygienic practices in fishery operations | skill | essential | 3 |
| follow safety precautions in fishery operations | skill | essential | 3 |
| genetic selection programme | skill | essential | 3 |
| green water incubation technology | skill | essential | 3 |
| handle fish harvesting waste | skill | essential | 3 |
| handle harvested fish | skill | essential | 3 |
| handle larval weaning process | skill | essential | 3 |
| harvest aquatic resources | skill | essential | 3 |
| hatchery design | skill | essential | 3 |
| identify common aquatic species diseases | skill | essential | 3 |
| identify process improvements | skill | essential | 3 |
| identify risks in aquaculture facilities | skill | essential | 3 |
| identity aquaculture species | skill | essential | 3 |
| implement fin fish feeding regimes | skill | essential | 3 |
| induce spawning and fertilisation on aquaculture species | skill | essential | 3 |
| influence of winds and currents in the steering of ships | skill | essential | 3 |
| inspect aquaculture equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| inspect fish eggs | skill | essential | 3 |
| interpret scientific data to assess water quality | skill | essential | 3 |
| lead a team | skill | essential | 3 |
| licences regulation | skill | essential | 3 |
| load equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain aquaculture cage equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain aquaculture containers | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain aquaculture ponds | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain aquaculture water quality | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain aquaculture water quality in hatcheries | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain diving equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain fish harvesting equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain grading equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain hatchery equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain hatchery facilities | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain hatchery records | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain internal communication systems | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain recirculation systems | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain specified water characteristics | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain technical equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain the production of juveniles at the nursery stage | skill | essential | 3 |
| make time-critical decisions | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage aquatic resources stock production | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage capture broodstock operations | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage teamwork | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage waste | skill | essential | 3 |
| manure aquaculture ponds | skill | essential | 3 |
| measure the impact of specific aquaculture activity | skill | essential | 3 |
| measure water flow | skill | essential | 3 |
| measure water quality parameters | skill | essential | 3 |
| monitor aquaculture feeding behaviour | skill | essential | 3 |
| monitor aquaculture stock health standards | skill | essential | 3 |
| monitor feeding systems | skill | essential | 3 |
| monitor fish health status | skill | essential | 3 |
| monitor fish mortality rates | skill | essential | 3 |
| monitor growth rates of cultivated fish species | skill | essential | 3 |
| monitor hatchery production | skill | essential | 3 |
| monitor larval development | skill | essential | 3 |
| monitor larval growth | skill | essential | 3 |
| monitor live fish collection | skill | essential | 3 |
| monitor treated fish | skill | essential | 3 |
| monitor water quality | skill | essential | 3 |
| observe abnormal fish behaviour | skill | essential | 3 |
| observe fish disease symptoms | skill | essential | 3 |
| operate an emergency communication system | skill | essential | 3 |
| operate biological filtration | skill | essential | 3 |
| operate control systems | skill | essential | 3 |
| operate fish capture equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| operate forklift | skill | essential | 3 |
| operate hatchery recirculation system | skill | essential | 3 |
| operate hatchery trays | skill | essential | 3 |
| operate photoreactors | skill | essential | 3 |
| operate small craft | skill | essential | 3 |
| operate water-heating equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| operation of lifting gears | skill | essential | 3 |
| organise labour | skill | essential | 3 |
| organise shellfish depuration | skill | essential | 3 |
| participate in the organisation of emergency drills | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform diving interventions | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform fish grading operations | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform water chemistry analysis | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform water treatments | skill | essential | 3 |
| pests and diseases | skill | essential | 3 |
| plan aquaculture cage mooring system | skill | essential | 3 |
| plan aquatic resources feeding regimes | skill | essential | 3 |
| plankton production | skill | essential | 3 |
| prepare fish holding units | skill | essential | 3 |
| prepare fish treatment facilities | skill | essential | 3 |
| prepare for small craft operation | skill | essential | 3 |
| prepare health certificates for fishery products | skill | essential | 3 |
| preserve fish samples for diagnosis | skill | essential | 3 |
| Problem Solving and Critical Thinking | competency | essential | 3 |
| provide on-site training in aquaculture facilities | skill | essential | 3 |
| rates of growth assessment | skill | essential | 3 |
| rear food fish | skill | essential | 3 |
| recirculation systems | skill | essential | 3 |
| report harvested fish production | skill | essential | 3 |
| rope manipulation | skill | essential | 3 |
| sanitation measures for aquaculture hatchery production | skill | essential | 3 |
| schedule hatchery supplies | skill | essential | 3 |
| screen live fish deformities | skill | essential | 3 |
| set up aquaculture cage mooring system | skill | essential | 3 |
| set up fish harvesting equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| stock fish | skill | essential | 3 |
| supervise aquaculture facilities | skill | essential | 3 |
| supervise cage net systems | skill | essential | 3 |
| swim | skill | essential | 3 |
| transport fish | skill | essential | 3 |
| treat fish diseases | skill | essential | 3 |
| unload equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| use aquacultural heating equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| use aquaculture heavy equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| use communication devices | skill | essential | 3 |
| use IT tools | skill | essential | 3 |
| use oxygenation equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| use water disinfection equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| water chemistry analysis | skill | essential | 3 |
| water reuse | skill | essential | 3 |
| work in shifts | skill | essential | 3 |
| write technical reports | skill | essential | 3 |
| write work-related reports | skill | essential | 3 |
| Self Management | competency | desirable | 3 |
| Adaptability | competency | desirable | 2 |
| apply risk management processes | skill | desirable | 2 |
| aquaponics | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Collaboration | competency | desirable | 2 |
| communicate by telephone | skill | desirable | 2 |
| communicate in an outdoor setting | skill | desirable | 2 |
| communicate verbal instructions | skill | desirable | 2 |
| communicate with customers | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Communication | competency | desirable | 2 |
| comply with legal requirements for diving operations | skill | desirable | 2 |
| conduct fish mortality studies | skill | desirable | 2 |
| conduct small vessel operation start-up procedures | skill | desirable | 2 |
| create solutions to problems | skill | desirable | 2 |
| create training materials | skill | desirable | 2 |
| critique the dive with the dive team | skill | desirable | 2 |
| develop aquaculture strategies | skill | desirable | 2 |
| develop strategy to solve problems | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Digital Fluency | competency | desirable | 2 |
| diving operation requirements | skill | desirable | 2 |
| encourage teambuilding | skill | desirable | 2 |
| environmental legislation | skill | desirable | 2 |
| escapee contingency plans | skill | desirable | 2 |
| evaluate potential aquaculture conflicts | skill | desirable | 2 |
| fisheries management | skill | desirable | 2 |
| have computer literacy | skill | desirable | 2 |
| identify risks of ship activities | skill | desirable | 2 |
| implement contingency plans for escapees | skill | desirable | 2 |
| implement scientific decision making in healthcare | skill | desirable | 2 |
| incidents and accidents recording | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Influence | competency | desirable | 2 |
| maintain cage nets | skill | desirable | 2 |
| maintain incident reporting records | skill | desirable | 2 |
| maintain ropes | skill | desirable | 2 |
| make independent operating decisions | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manage animal biosecurity | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manage aquatic habitat | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manage a small-to-medium business | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manage a team | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manage staff | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manage time in fishery operations | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manage water quality testing | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manoeuvere and load small vessel | skill | desirable | 2 |
| operate pumps in aquaculture facilities | skill | desirable | 2 |
| operation of transport equipment | skill | desirable | 2 |
| peform small vessel administrative duties | skill | desirable | 2 |
| perform small vessel navigation | skill | desirable | 2 |
| perform small vessel safety measures | skill | desirable | 2 |
| perform small vessel safety procedures | skill | desirable | 2 |
| perform water treatment procedures | skill | desirable | 2 |
| report live online | skill | desirable | 2 |
| report pollution incidents | skill | desirable | 2 |
| report to the team leader | skill | desirable | 2 |
| seek innovation in current practices | skill | desirable | 2 |
| speak different languages | skill | desirable | 2 |
| supervise the work of staff on different shifts | skill | desirable | 2 |
| supervise waste water treatments | skill | desirable | 2 |
| train employees | skill | desirable | 2 |
| treat contaminated water | skill | desirable | 2 |
| undertake continuous professional development in fishery operations | skill | desirable | 2 |
| use different communication channels | skill | desirable | 2 |
| work in a fishery team | skill | desirable | 2 |
| work in inclement conditions | skill | desirable | 2 |
| work in outdoor conditions | skill | desirable | 2 |