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Form of workDon't miss this opportunity! Be part of a high performing team working for one of Australia's largest aquaculture and prawn farming operations based in Exmouth Western Australia as a Full Time PermanentAquaculture Attendant.
Reporting to the Founder stock Facility Manager, you will be responsible for undertaking aquaculture related tasks, specifically in relation to the culture of prawns, within a biosecure environment at our Founder Stock Facility.
The responsibilities of this role are varied, covering all aspects of prawn aquaculture including but not limited to:
- Workplace Health & Safety;
- Tank preparation;
- Stocking;
- Feeding;
- Production;
- Environmental and water quality management;
- Implementation and enforcement of biosecurity, hygiene and sanitation protocols;
- Data and sample collection, recording and analysis.
To be successful in this role, you will possess:
- Experience &/or an Aquaculture qualification will be highly regarded but not essential - on the job training will be provided;
- Ability to work with minimal supervision and within a team environment;
- Proactive, professional individual who has a focus on quality and attention to detail;
- Organisational and time management skills in order to manage multiple tasks at any one time, as well as support others in meeting agreed deliverables;
- Capable of written and verbal communication skills (English);
Current and valid driver licence.
Accommodation options are available.
ABOUT SEAFARMS AND PROJECT SEA DRAGON
Seafarms is Australia's largest prawn farming company with 160 hectares of ponds and two hatcheries over four locations across northern Australia. Our facilities are in Innisfail, Cardwell and Ingham in north Queensland and Exmouth in Western Australia. We are also the proponent of Project Sea Dragon, a global scale prawn aquaculture project to be developed across northern Australia culminating in the operation of 10,000 hectares of prawn production ponds.
If you think that you have what it takes to excel in this environment, we would love to hear from you.
You must be eligible to work in Australia on a long term basis - We do not offer Visa Sponsorship
