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What this job is
An Aquaculture or Fisheries Technician supports the management and production of fish and aquatic organisms in farms, hatcheries, or wild fisheries operations across Australia. They monitor water quality, stock health, and breeding programmes, operate equipment, maintain records, and ensure compliance with biosecurity and environmental regulations. The role combines practical field work with technical record-keeping and equipment maintenance in aquatic production environments.
Pay
A$1,808 a week
This is the median for full-time employees who are not managers and are paid at the adult rate, before tax and salary sacrifice. It is a guide to what the work pays, not a wage rate.
Source: ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025, customised report.
What this role asks for
- Advise on aquaculture products supply chaincore
- Advise on fertiliser and herbicidecore
- Advise on grape quality improvementcore
- Advise on nitrate pollutioncore
- Attention to Detailcore
- Data Entry and Accuracycore
- Incident Reportingcore
- Policy and Procedure Adherencecore
- Problem Solvingcore
- Record Managementcore
- Regulatory and Legislative Awarenesscore
- Report Writingcore
- Research and Analysiscore
- Risk Identificationcore
- Team Collaborationcore
- Time Management and Prioritisationcore
- Verbal Communicationcore
- Written Communicationcore
- Adaptability and Flexibility
- Advise on crop diseases
- Advise on irrigation projects
- Continuous Learning and Upskilling
- Digital Literacy
- Inventory Tracking
- Microsoft Office Suite Proficiency
- Process Improvement Identification
- Quality Assurance and Checking
- Stakeholder Communication
- Workload Self-Management