Aquaculture Worker

Main tasks

• Feeds and grades fish, and monitors their growth
• Assists with farm layout and constructs nets, long-lines and cages
• Checks and looks after equipment and fish housing, and operates pumps and other equipment
• Tests and checks on water quality, and removes dead or dying fish
• Harvests fish and other aquatic stock, and sorts and packs it for transportation
• Restocks pens, pools, tanks, ponds, rivers and dams with juvenile fish
• Collects and records growth, production and water quality data
• May operate lifting equipment such as forklifts and small cranes

State nomination

Each state nominates different occupations for the 190 and 491 visas.