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NOC 85102 — Aquaculture and marine harvest labourers

TEER 5 · Labour (no formal education required) · Not eligible for Express Entry (CEC/FSWP)

Aquaculture and marine harvest labourers include aquaculture support workers, marine plant gatherers, shellfish diggers and other labourers in aquaculture and fishing. Aquaculture support workers are employed by public or private fish hatcheries and commercial aquatic farms. Marine plant gatherers and mollusk harvesters may be self-employed.

Main duties

• Assist aquaculture technicians in the operation of fish hatcheries or other aquatic farms
• Feed aquaculture stocks, vaccinate stocks, perform culling and marking or banding techniques and report any observed irregularities in stocks
• Operate, maintain and clean pumps, filters, tanks and other aquaculture equipment and clean and maintain aquaculture enclosures
• Keep daily records of water flow and fish, shellfish and marine plant samples
• Grade and weigh aquaculture stocks
• Prepare aquaculture stocks for market
• Rake seaweed, dulse or Irish moss from beach, rocks or shallow water and load into a cart, wagon or other receptacles
• Spread gatherings to dry and remove foreign objects
• Transport gatherings to processing plant
• Dig clams from beds with spades, forks or other instruments, or collect other mollusks
• Clean, sort and transport mollusks to market
• May operate boats for aquaculture operations.

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