- Commitment to working in a marine farming environment.
- Strong communication skills.
- Coxswains Grade 2 ticket (highly desirable).
- Deck Machinery & Lifting Appliance Ticket (would be great – not essential)
- Rights to work full time in Australia.
- Competitive hourly rates start from $34.41.
- Full-time position.
- Discounted private health insurance with Bupa and St Lukes
- Heavily discounted seafood through our Salmon Shop & Truck
Farm Attendant - Margate, Australia - Tassal Group
Description
About the job
As a farm attendant, you'll handle diverse physical tasks on the water. These include rigging checks, fish behaviour monitoring, pen preparation for bathing and maintenance of feed equipment and pens. This full-time position offers a family-friendly 2/2/5/5 roster, based in our Channel zone, conveniently located outside Margate and a 20-minute drive south of Hobart.
What does your week look like?
Rope Tying: Be a master of knots and ropes as you assist our various operations. From securing cages to managing equipment, your skills will play a crucial role in ensuring smooth operation.
Stock Protection Rigging: As part of the team, you'll be responsible for rigging up protective measures to shield the fish from external threats, ensuring their health and wellbeing.
Fish Care: From feeding to monitoring their health, your dedication to fish care will contribute to the high standards of welfare we uphold here at Tassal.
Environmental Protection Practices: Assist with the implementation and adhere to rigours environmental protection protocols, safeguarding the ecosystems we operate in.
Inputting Nets: Your role will involve skilfully inputting nets into designated areas, ensuring optimal conditions for fish growth and harvest.
General Labouring Duties: Embrace the nature of aquaculture with the variety of task that come with working on the water. From maintenance work to operational support.
What can you bring?
To be considered for this position you must have some on the water experience.
What's in for you?
Who are we?
Our people each contribute in different ways, embracing our business values and harnessing our can do – safely culture with purpose and intent. Our shared values are an essential part of our business culture, they define us. They underpin and guide our commitment, attitude, how we work and the quality of our products. We are passionate, we achieve together, we own it and we can do safely.
This position will advertise for four weeks. However, we encourage early applications as we review on a daily basis.
If you have any questions, please email