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| As part of the Aquaculture
Professional Development units students acquire professional
training and experience in a range of aquaculture facilities.
Students spend at least 8 weeks (40 days) during
their first 2.5 years of the Aquaculture Degree course
or 2 weeks (10 days) within the first year of the Associate
Degree carrying out work experience. In addition students
participate in workshops and role playing exercises
to develop their career planning, job applications,
and interview skills.
Work experience involves working on farms, in laboratories,
in government departments or in processing plants engaged
in activities related to aquaculture. The
choice of several different venues broadens students
experience of commercial operations. Students appreciate
the daily routine on an aquaculture installation; are
capable of discussing culture and management problems
associated with the aquaculture enterprises or institutions
visited; are able to understand management procedures;
and put aquaculture and scientific theory into practice.
Some of the many aquaculture facilities where our
students have completed work experience are:
- TASSAL - Australia's
largest producer and exporter of Atlantic Salmon
- SALTAS - Large salmon hatchery based in Tasmania
- Shellfish
Culture -The first Australian commercial oyster
hatchery for Pacific oysters.
- ABTAS - land based abalone farm based in northern
Tasmania
- Cold Gold Abalone - land based abalone farm based
in southern Tasmania.
- Huon Aquaculture
Company -
Australia’s second-largest producer of Atlantic
salmon.
- CSIRO - working with research scientists in the
laboratories where experiments relating to aquaculture
are conducted
- Marine
Research Laboratories, UTAS - working with research
scientists on stripey trumpeter and rock lobster
research projects
Some of species that students obtain experience
with are:
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