Job Description:

• 1) Spawns and raises fish for commercial purposes: Strips eggs from female fish and places eggs in moist pans.

• 2) Adds milt stripped from male fish to fertilize eggs.

• 3) Fills hatchery trays with fertilized eggs and places trays in incubation troughs.

• 4) Turns valves and places baffles in troughs to adjust volume, depth, velocity, and temperature of water.

• 5) Transfers fingerlings to rearing ponds.

• 6) Feeds high protein foods or cereal with vitamins and minerals to fingerlings to induce growth to size desired for commercial use.

• 7) Arranges with buyers for sale of fish.

• 8) Removes fish from pond, using dip net.

• 9) Counts and weighs fish.

• 10) Loads fish into tank truck, or dresses and packs in ice for shipment.

• 11) May perform standard tests on water samples to determine oxygen content.

• 12) May be designated according to kind of fish raised as Trout Farmer.