Description

Classification: Non-Exempt 

Reports to: This position reports directly to the Area Supervisor.

Date: Updated: 8/1/2023

What it’s really like to work here

At Riverence, we do things differently. We work together as a team, like a close-knit family, to achieve innovation, initiative, and encouragement in the workplace. We are on the mission to raise the standards of aquaculture, redefine what it means to be a responsible fishery and become the leading provider of truly sustainable seafood. Riverence consists of facilities located primarily in the Magic Valley of ID that range from 14 different fish farms, a research and development facility, a processing plant, and 4 brood facilities that are located in WA and rural ID. 

We offer excellent comprehensive benefits to our employees to ensure their health which include medical, dental, vision, 401K with company match, life insurance, short term & long-term disability plans and more! 

If you are ready to put in hard work as a valued member of our team, while making a positive difference in our environment, Riverence is the fit for you! 

Summary/Objective

The Brood Technician in Training is a vital role in ensuring the success of Riverence Brood LLC. This position requires a strong work ethic, attention to detail, and excellent record-keeping skills. The Technician will be responsible for daily tasks such as feeding, mortality counting, and screen scrubbing. They must also demonstrate a thorough understanding of the farm workflow, biosecurity protocols, and safety measures. The ability to recognize and address potential hazards is essential. This physically demanding role operates in an outdoor farm environment, and occasional lifting of heavy loads is required. The ideal candidate will have aquaculture experience or a related degree, but a high school diploma and basic math skills are the minimum requirements. The Brood Technician in Training will play a crucial role in contributing to the success of the farm and promoting company values such as initiative, encouragement, and innovation. 

Essential Functions

• Perform daily duties or chores and husbandry activities including: 
• Feeding, mortality removal/counting, screen scrubbing, etc. 
• Understands and completes jobs on daily worklist.
• Understand farm workflow including weekly schedules and activity of others.
• Demonstrate ability to identify sections, pond numbers, rearing areas, fish barriers, general fish flow through facility, influent and effluent, and explain importance. 
• Ability to locate and use the Emergency Action Plan.
• Exhibit dependable, trustworthy and consistent behaviors and demonstrates understanding of role on farm.
• Understand and follows feed schedule.
• Demonstrate the uses, locations, and importance of facility equipment including vehicles, winches, nets, hammers/wedges, screens, etc. and the ability keep clean and organized, and recognize potential hazards.
• Demonstrate awareness of and identifies potential farm hazards and safety hazards around farm.
• Recognize and explain significance of pond hygiene including manure build-up, wasted feed, cleaning and hygiene practices, cleaning of head and tail ditches and take necessary actions to correct or mitigate issues. 
• Ability to identify and explain meaning and significance of withdrawal tags and non-feed treatment withdrawls.
• Demonstrate understanding of feed application including use of demand feeders and potential issues, when to hand feed, and how often to feed.
• Demonstrate ability to access Safety Data Sheets and understands and explain their use.
• Follow biosecurity protocols including disinfection of equipment and separation of rearing areas and/or farms. Exhibit ability to address biosecurity by maintaining proper cleanliness and dosage/strength of footbaths and net disinection buckets/sprayers. 
• Actively promotes farm cleanliness including rearing areas (screens, roadways, etc.), office and surrounding farm areas and care of vehicles, equipment and PPE.
• Exhibit knowledge and uderstanding of company values including initiative, encouragement and innovation. 
• Exhibit open communication with supervisors.
• Work in other site areas as directed. 

Requirements

Competencies

• Fish Husbandry.
• Work Ethic.
• Record Keeping.
• Attention to Detail.
• Problem Solving/Analysis.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position does not have supervisory responsibility. 

Work Environment

This job operates in an outdoor farm environment. This role is routinely exposed to inclement weather conditions. The role occasionally requires the use of office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. 

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. 

This is a physically demanding role. This would require the ability to occasionally lift up to 75 pounds with the ability regularly to lift up to 50 pounds. The ability to stand, walk, bend, squat, twist, hear, see and the ability to use all senses with or without reasonable accommodation is required.? 

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position, 5 days a week, which could include Saturdays or Sundays, 7:00 a.m. to 4 p.m., with some on call availability necessary.

Travel

Minimal travel may be required for this position.

Required Education and Experience

• H.S. diploma or G.E.D. required. 
• Basic math skills; calculate and understand quantities and proportions. 

Preferred Education and Experience

1. Aquaculture experience preferred.
2. Aquaculture or related degree preferred.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.