Elements and Performance Criteria
- Follow effective personal health management practices
- Identify unhealthy aquatic animals
- Identify unhealthy aquatic animals and record information according to workplace policies and procedures
- Identify injured aquatic animals and report to supervisors
- Identify abnormal behaviour and condition in aquatic animals and report to supervisors
- Maintain records for unhealthy aquatic animals according to workplace policies and procedures
- Sample, analyse and adjust aquascape water quality
- Collect water samples using appropriate equipment according to workplace policies and procedures
- Test samples using appropriate equipment and according to manufactures directions
- Record sampling results according to workplace policies and procedures
- Adjust water quality to better suit the requirements of the aquascape and species
- Maintain optimum water quality records for the aquascape and species according to industry requirements
- Administer aquatic animal treatments
- Identify broad categories of parasitic infestations and viral, fungal and bacterial diseases
- Administer appropriate and authorised aquatic animal treatments
- Implement preventative medicine programs for internal and external parasites
- Store treatments and medicines appropriately
- Maintain records for treatments and medicine programs according to workplace policies and procedures and legislative requirements