Details:
As a Husbandry Technician you’ll play a critical role in growing healthy salmon in a sustainable manner.
You’ll spend the majority of your day outside on the water caring for the fish.
You will apply best practices in feeding techniques and use your analytical skills to collect data and report on the health of our fish.
You’ll have the chance to work with and live with a group of hardworking, dedicated employees.
Housing is provided at the seasite and is well-equipped with exercise equipment, satellite TV, and Internet – a true home away from home.
This role is the perfect opportunity to satisfy your love of the outdoors, expand your husbandry skills, and contribute to our communities through sustainable aquaculture.
WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:
• Providing support to the seasite through general husbandry operations to ensure a healthy lifecycle of the fish from smolt intakes, to growth, to harvest
• Applying appropriate feeding strategies to grow and manage fish welfare, either through hand feeding or auto-feeding techniques
• Monitoring fish activity and conducting environmental monitoring and sampling activities to ensure proper fish welfare
• Maintaining a clean, safe, and biosecure site by performing simple maintenance, setting up sites, and closing sites
• Operating heavy machinery such as forklifts and boats
Qualifications & Experience:
• You have previous education or work experience in aquaculture, preferably within a salmon rearing setting
• You consider yourself a team player, get along great with others and are always looking to lend a hand
• You can also work independently and without supervision; you take initiative and apply your critical thinking skills to solve problems
• You are physically fit, enjoy being outside, are willing to work in all types of weather conditions, and are comfortable being on the water
• You are dependable, work safely, and have a strong work ethic and positive attitude
• Your maintenance experience would be considered an asset
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
• Prerequisites to hiring include a physical fitness test, a criminal record check and reference checks
• This position is camp-based transportation is provided to the sea site from Port McNeil, Campbell River, and Tofino. You can meet the transportation to Port McNeil in these communities: Courtenay and Campbell River. You can meet the transportation to Tofino in these communities: Campbell River, Courtenay, Coombs, Port Alberni, and Ahousaht.
• Only applicants who are legally allowed to work in Canada will be considered