Details:
Grieg Seafood BC Ltd., a dynamic and growing company in the aquaculture industry, is seeking to hire summer interns to assist our sea site operations on the West Coast of Vancouver Island.
Reporting to the Site Manager, the summer intern would work as part of a team being primarily responsible for assisting with daily farm operations including feeding, animal husbandry, and security of fish stocks.
The summer intern would work 10 hour shifts of 8 days on with 6 days off.
Qualifications & Experience:
Key accountabilities:
• A keen understanding of fish handling procedures (i.e. grading and splits);
• Understand, enforce, and adhere to all government regulations, farm practices and standard of practices;
• A good understanding of feed regimes, feed rates and feed monitoring;
• Familiarity with cage and anchoring knowledge and related maintenance;
• Environmental and plankton monitoring;
• Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications and Skills:
• Training in Aquaculture, Aquatic Resources or Fisheries Resources Management or equivalent years of recent related experience;
• Ability to problem solve, well-developed interpersonal skills, good verbal and written communication skills;
• Physically fit; Favourable driver’s license;
• WHMIS, Marine Emergency Duties A3, Radio Operator, Small Vessel Operating Permit, Transportation of Dangerous Goods, Forklift, and Confined Space certifications are considered an asset.