Aquaculture Technician
Also known as: Aquaculture Executive · Farm Technician · Technical Officer (Aqua)
Manages day-to-day fish or shrimp farming: water quality, feeding, health checks and harvests.
Starting salary: not added yet.
What you’d do
An aquaculture technician looks after fish or shrimp farms. They check water quality, plan feeding, watch for disease and help with harvests. Employers include fish and shrimp farms, feed and aqua-health companies, and government and NGO farming projects.
- Monitor water quality in ponds or tanks
- Plan feeding and track growth
- Check stock health and report disease
- Advise farmers on farm practices
How you get in
Freshers usually join a farm, feed company or aqua-health company as a trainee or technical executive, often with field postings. Hatchery or farm internships during the degree help.
Salary in India
Salary data isn’t added for this role yet. When it is, every figure points to its source.
Skills you’ll use
From our guide · a curated list is coming
- Water-quality testing and pond management
- Feed management and growth tracking
- Spotting and reporting fish or shrimp disease
- Explaining practices to farmers
About this field · for freshers
Job openings by year
Is demand growing?
Not added yet.
Competition3
How many graduates enter each year?
B.F.Sc graduates in 2023-24 at institutions that reported to AISHE — everyone finishing that degree, not only those entering this role.
Who hires
IT firms, banks, government, startups?
Not added yet.
Where the jobs are
Which cities?
Not added yet.
Women in the field3
Is it diverse?
Share of women among B.F.Sc graduates in 2023-24 — the entry degree, not people already working in this role.
At a glance
- The job is field-based and often outside cities.
- With experience it can lead to farm manager or technical service roles.
- Some move into feed or health product sales, or start their own farm.
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