Aquaculture Technician in Training

Aquaculture Technician in Training – Riverence Provisions

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At Riverence, we do things differently. We work together as a team, like a close-knit family, to achieve innovation, initiative, and encouragement in the workplace. We are on the mission to raise the standards of aquaculture, redefine what it means to be a responsible fishery and become the leading provider of truly sustainable seafood. Riverence consists of facilities located primarily in the Magic Valley of  range from 14 different fish farms, a research and development facility, a processing plant, and 4 brood facilities located in WA and rural .

• Demonstrate a passion for fish husbandry, a good work ethic, attention to detail and perform a variety of aquaculture husbandry duties to include daily farm chores such as feeding, mortality removal, and screen scrubbing.
• Knowledge of the facility including sections, pond numbers, and rearing areas
• Knowledge of Emergency Action Plan
• Understands role on the farm and is dependable, trustworthy, and consistent
• General understanding of the feed schedule
• Understand the farm workflow
• Knows locations of offline settling ponds and sumps
• Knows locations of influent valves and head ditches
• Knowledge about fish barriers and their uses including tail screens, jump board, graders, screens, etc.
• Knowledge of facility equipment
• Awareness of potential farm hazards
• Awareness of significant manure build- up, wasted feed, and broken tail screens
• Awareness of technician’s activities and the meaning and significance of withdrawal tags on the ponds.
• SDS locations and their use
• Biosecurity
• Hatch- house, outdoor, and disinfections
• Counting and picking mortality
• Ability to handle and select proper grading techniques
• Truck maintenance
• Truck cleanliness
• Cleaning screens
• Care of vehicles, equipment, and farm safety
• Basic pond hygiene
• Awareness and cleaning of debris on head ditch grates and first use ponds water entry points
• Vacuum/ pumping operation and maintenance
• Responsibilities include removing and recording mortalities
• Monitors fish behavior and brings any abnormalities to supervisor’s attention.
• Assists with fish transfers.
• Performs routine maintenance on equipment and systems. Routine cleaning including sweeping raceways, cleaning and repairing graders and equipment on farms.
• Completes all tasks according to required safety guidelines.
• Participates in all safety training
• Willingness to perform any task on the farm, not just one specific job or task despite the job, skill or seniority of an individual.
• Performs and practices bio-security procedures around the farm.
• Maintains appropriate housekeeping and sanitation procedures on the farm ensuring proper protocol and required biosecurity measures are followed.
• Provides prompt, friendly and courteous service to internal and external customers.
• Helps out with other areas on the farm when needed.
• Other duties as required.

• Competencies:
  
  Attention to detail.
• Safety.
• Continual Improvement.

This job involves heavy work exerting force frequently and constantly to move objects. The job involves lifting occasionally up to 50 lbs. Working in waders, climbing in and out of raceways and on and off trucks is required.

• Often requires walking or moving to accomplish tasks.
• Often requires standing or sitting for sustained periods of time.
• Occasionally requires stooping and reaching.
• Occasionally requires pushing using upper extremities to press against something with steady force.
• Occasionally requires pulling using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Lifting is required on an occasional basis.
• Repetitive motions are required which involve substantial movements of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• Often requires feeling of products perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Hearing must be adequate to perform duties and interact in person clearly and efficiently.
• Manual dexterity as required for specific equipment or instrumentation use.
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