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Aquaculture husbandry worker

Other names

fish farming husbandry worker, aquaculture on-growing worker, aquatic animals husbandry worker

Fish farming and fishing

They help raise fish and other water animals on land, feeding them, checking for sickness, and caring for the places they live.

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The work

The work

The tasks come from O*NET (United States) and ESCO (Europe), the world's two occupation databases. How the work is done can differ in Uganda; our team adds the local way where it does.

  1. 1

    Feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies.

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    Examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as rate of weight gain.

  3. 3

    Provide medical treatment, such as administering medications and vaccinations, or arrange for veterinarians to provide more extensive treatment.

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Sources

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Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

International classification

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

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O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

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In other languages

français
ouvrier d’élevage en aquaculture/ouvrière d’élevage en aquaculture
español
operario de cultivo acuícola/operaria de cultivo acuícola
العربية
عامل تربية الأحياء المائية / عاملة تربية الأحياء المائية
português
Trabalhador da unidade de produção em aquicultura/Trabalhadora da unidade de produção em aquicultura
Deutsch
Aquakulturarbeiter/Aquakulturarbeiterin
italiano
operatore di allevamento in acquacoltura/operatrice di allevamento in acquacoltura

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