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Water-based aquaculture worker

Other names

water-based fish culture worker, worker in water-based aquaculture, water-based fish farm worker, water-based fisheries worker

Fish farming and fishing

They feed and check fish in floating cages, clean and fix nets and ropes, and help take the fish out to sell.

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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.

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

    Segregate animals according to weight, age, colour, and physical condition.

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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'aquaculture en milieu aquatique/ouvrière d'aquaculture en milieu aquatique
español
operario de acuicultura con base en el agua/operaria de acuicultura con base en el agua
العربية
عامل الاستزراع المائي / عاملة الاستزراع المائي
português
Trabalhador em infraestruturas flutuantes ou submersas de aquicultura/Trabalhadora em infraestruturas flutuantes ou submersas de aquicultura
Deutsch
Hilfskraft für Aquakulturanlagen in Gewässern
italiano
operatore in acquacoltura/operatrice in acquacoltura

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