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Aquaculture Technician
Location Mission Beach
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Do you want to work outdoors for Australia’s leading seafood provider? You could be our newest Aquaculture Technician on our Mission Beach prawn farm!

Mission Beach: You'll work a Monday - Friday roster at our Prawn Farm in Bingil Bay. Work/life balance is key; you'll have plenty of time to enjoy everything Far North Queensland offers!

What does your week look like?

Feeding prawns: Stocking our automated feeding hoppers to ensure there is always plenty of feed available in hoppers.

Paddlewheel maintenance: Maintenance of the paddlewheels in ponds. This could include getting into ponds.

Monitoring prawn health: Routine overview of Prawn Health. Identify, escalate and problem-solve all prawn health issues that arise in a timely manner.

Record keeping: Ensuring records are kept and maintained via an iPad.

General farm maintenance: Performing various tasks essential to the overall operation of the farm. This can include maintaining equipment, cleaning, and other routine tasks.

 

What can you bring?

We don’t ask for much, just a full driving licence. Any tickets such as forklift, backhoe, excavator or truck licence would be beneficial. Aquaculture experience is also preferred.

 

What’s in for you?

  • Receive our prawn farming allowance of $360 per fortnight!
  • Ongoing career development opportunities
  • Work with a great team
  • Access to Maxxia Rewards – an online app where you can purchase discounted movie tickets, Red Balloon Vouchers, get discount at many entertainment venues and restaurants, plus more!
  • Access to discounted health insurance via St Luke’s and Bupa.

 

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.

 

We encourage early applications as we review on a daily basis.

If you have any questions, please email Georgina at prawnsjobs@tassal.com.au

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