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CAREER SUCCESS IN AQ [objectives]

CAREER SUCCESS IN AQ [objectives]. Describe the career decision-making process Identify characteristics of good employees Name types of AQ careers Describe the nature of the work in selected AQ careers and the education required Describe career ladders in AQ

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CAREER SUCCESS IN AQ [objectives]

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  1. CAREER SUCCESS IN AQ[objectives] • Describe the career decision-making process • Identify characteristics of good employees • Name types of AQ careers • Describe the nature of the work in selected AQ careers and the education required • Describe career ladders in AQ • Select an appropriate career in AQ

  2. MAKING CAREER DECISIONS IN AQUACULTURE • A career is the general direction of a person’s life as related to work • Talk to people who work in your career interest area • Talk to people who know you and your abilities • Try summer work or job shadowing in your interest area

  3. CHARACTERISTICS OF GOOD EMPLOYEES • Ability to get along well with others • Appropriate knowledge and skills • Motivation • Dedication • Safety consciousness • Honesty • Freedom from substance abuse

  4. TYPES OF AQ CAREERS • General worker • Supervisor • Owner • Manager • Service technician • Salesperson • Driver • Large-equipment operator

  5. NATURE OF THE WORK AND EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS • Aquafarmer – may be the owner of an aquafarm or someone hired as manager • General worker – does more of the day-to-day hands-on type activities (feeding, harvesting, etc.) • Supervisor – often participates in same activities as general worker but has the authority to assign tasks

  6. OTHER OCCUPATIONS • Researcher – trained in biology, chemistry, genetics, molecular biology, aquaculture, agricultural engineering, and related areas • Educator – teaches aquaculture in schools or to public through state and federal agencies • Engineer – design and build special equipment and structures • Health worker – determine ways of controlling and treating disease and ways to improve health

  7. NATURE OF THE WORK AND EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS • Service technician – makes sure that the equipment used on aquafarms and processing plants work properly • Salesperson – service existing customers and try to find new customers • Driver – operates trucks that haul feed, fish, or equipment • Equipment operator – operates bulldozers, boom trucks, tractors and may service them

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