Aquaculture Technician Job

Aquaculture Technician
Lyndon Fish Hatcheries Inc.

Job details
• Location: New Dundee, ONN0B 2E0
• Work location: On site
• Salary: 36.00 hourly / 30 hours per week
• Terms of employment: Permanent employment, Full time
• Starts as soon as possible
• Benefits: Health benefits, Financial benefits
• Vacancies: 1 vacancy

Overview
Languages
English

Education
• College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years

Experience
1 year to less than 2 years

On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work site environment
• Dangerous
• Outdoors
• At heights
• Dusty
• In/on water
• Odours
• Wet/damp
• Noisy

Responsibilities
Tasks
• Analyze data and prepare reports
• Conduct field research and surveys to collect data and samples
• Supervise staff
• Apply medicinal substances to control and prevent diseases
• Train staff
• Collect and record data
• Determine food requirements and structure feeding regimes
• Incorporate biosecurity measures into daily operation
• Co-ordinate selection and maintenance of brood stock
• Monitor environment and maintain optimum conditions
• Identify diseases or parasites
• Manage and train aquaculture and fish hatchery support workers and supervise technicians and technologists
• Establish inventory and quality control methods

Experience and specialization
Type of aquaculture operations
• Aquaculture — finfish
• Aquaculture — trout

Technical experience
• Animal care and field studies work
• Livestock production programs

Area of work experience
• Environmental monitoring

Area of specialization
• Aquaculture

Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Repetitive tasks
• Manual dexterity
• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Sitting
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Standing for extended periods

Own tools/equipment
• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability
• Accurate
• Excellent oral communication
• Flexibility
• Judgement

Benefits
Health benefits
• Health care plan

Financial benefits
• Bonus

Who can apply for this job?
You can apply if you are:
• a Canadian citizen
• a permanent resident of Canada
• a temporary resident of Canada with a valid work permit

Do not apply if you are not authorized to work in Canada. The employer will not respond to your application.
How to apply
Direct Apply
By Direct Apply
By email
[email protected]