Profession aquaculture mooring manager

Aquaculture mooring managers carry out and supervise the mooring of cages in stable stations, drifting cages or even self-propelled and semi-submerged cages. They safely operate and moor a variety of different types of large-scale cages, manage conditions such as currents, wave climate and seabed profile, in open or semi-open water areas.

Personality Type

• Enterprising / Realistic
• Realistic / Investigative

Knowledge

• Design principles of containment systems

  The design elements of different containment systems, such as cages, pens, nets, ponds and tanks.

• Water currents

  Understand impact of water currents on fish farms, in cages, ponds, lagoons and rivers.

• Aquaculture industry

  Understand the aquaculture industry, its designs and its installations.

• Influence of winds and currents in the steering of ships

  Know what influence current, wind strength, and wind direction have on a vessel's navigation and manoeuvring abilities.

Skills

• Ensure cage safety requirements are followed

  Ensure that personnel comply with cage safety requirements.

• Write work-related reports

  Compose work-related reports that support effective relationship management and a high standard of documentation and record keeping. Write and present results and conclusions in a clear and intelligible way so they are comprehensible to a non-expert audience.

• Advise on safety improvements

  Provide relevant recommendations following the conclusion of an investigation; ensure that recommendations are duly considered and where appropriate acted upon.

• Communicate mooring plans

  Prepare crew briefings on mooring plans and division of labour. Provide the crew with information on protective gear such as helmets and safety goggles.

• Maintain internal communication systems

  Maintain an effective internal communication system among employees and department managers.

• Plan aquaculture cage mooring system

  Plan aquaculture cage mooring system for designated aquatic species.

• Use communication devices

  Operate communication devices in order to interact with customers, colleagues, and others.

• Lead a team

  Lead, supervise and motivate a group of people, in order to meet the expected results within a given timeline and with the foreseen resources in mind.

• Set up aquaculture cage mooring system

  Set up aquaculture cage mooring system in accordance with plans.

• Make improvements to work activities

  Make recommendations for improvements to work activities

• Work as a team

  To recognize the importance of team work, building and maintaining effective working relationships with all colleagues and within the business.

• Operate an emergency communication system

  Efficiently operate common communication systems used in emergencies, such as base station mobile transmitters and receivers, portable transmitters and receivers, repeaters, cellular phones, pagers, automated vehicle locators, and satellite phones as required.

• Ensure aquaculture personnel health and safety

  Make sure that health and safety procedures have been established and followed across all aquaculture facilities including cages. Ensure that personnel and general public are instructed and all work activities are carried out according to relevant health and safety regulations.

• Draw up risk assessment

  Assess risks, propose improvements and describe measures to be taken at the organisational level.

• Participate in the organisation of emergency drills

  Participate in preparing and executing emergency drills. Take charge of on-scene response actions. Help ensure that written drill reports are logged properly. Make sure that all personnel adhere to pre-planned emergency procedures as carefully as possible in the event of an emergency situation.

• Write technical reports

  Compose technical customer reports understandable for people without technical background.

• Communicate in English in a competent way

  Competent use of English; R351refers to level C1 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

• Make time-critical decisions

  Pursue optimal time-critical decision making within the organisation.

• Plan the work of teams and individuals

  Plan the work of teams and individuals. Assess the work of teams and individuals. Provide feedback to teams and individuals on work carried out. Support and mentor individuals and teams. Prepare work instructions for new tasks.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB