Aquaculture Technician

**The opportunity / Te Whiwhinga mahi**
- **Permanent, Part-time (0.6FTE)**:

- **Based at Windermere Campus, Tauranga**

Join the Marine & Environment Team as an Aquaculture Technician. The Technician is responsible for ensuring aquaculture systems, algae and animals are maintained to a high standard and Health and Safety and Animal Ethics requirements are met.

**The Technician will**:

- Assist aquaculture staff meet teaching, research or contract outputs
- Ensure laboratory equipment is maintained to a high standard and that laboratories are in a high state of cleanliness
- Ensure all water quality parameters are within safe ranges, filtration systems, pumps and air filters are all working correctly and fix/replace any malfunctioning equipment
- Control any diseases and ensure that our animal ethics requirements are being met in the area
- Purchase chemicals, and equipment for staff, student research and general labs for student classes
- Assist teaching staff where required

**About you / He kōrero mōu**

As the ideal applicant you will have proven capability and experience in the following:

- Diploma in Science, or Zoology, or Resource Management or other closely related area.
- Aquaculture system and design experience