First-Line Supervisors of Aquacultural Workers

• Record the numbers and types of fish or shellfish reared, harvested, released, sold, and shipped.
• Assign to workers duties such as fertilizing and incubating spawn, feeding and transferring fish, and planting, cultivating, and harvesting shellfish beds.
• Confer with managers to determine times and places of seed planting, and cultivating, feeding, or harvesting of fish or shellfish.
• Direct and monitor worker activities, such as treatment and rearing of fingerlings, maintenance of equipment, and harvesting of fish or shellfish.
• Prepare or direct the preparation of fish food, and specify medications to be added to food and water to treat fish for diseases.
• Engage in the same fishery work as workers supervised.
• Train workers in spawning, rearing, cultivating, and harvesting methods, and in the use of equipment.
• Direct workers to correct problems such as disease, quality of seed distribution, or adequacy of cultivation.
• Plan work schedules according to personnel and equipment availability, tidal levels, feeding schedules, or transfer and harvest needs.
• Interview and select new employees.
• Maintain workers' time records.
• Perform both supervisory and management functions, such as accounting, marketing, and personnel work.
• Requisition supplies.

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• Management of Personnel Resources - Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for First-Line Supervisors of Aquacultural Workers.