Fisheries Officer: ANZSCO 311311

Inspects fishing vessels, gear, licences and catches to ensure that fisheries laws and regulations are obeyed.

• Inspecting animals, plants and agricultural produce to identify product quality issues, and providing advice to producers
• Developing, implementing, auditing and monitoring quality procedures at farms and food handling and processing facilities to ensure compliance with required standards
• Testing samples of produce for quality, size and purity ensuring that required standards of hygiene are observed at storage, processing and packing facilities and in transport vehicles
• Advising primary producers on economic aspects of disease eradication and informing producers and the general public of the health implications of diseases and impurities
• Advising on the identification of pests and diseases and on regulations pertaining to grading, packing and loading of products
• Examining imported plants and animals, and products, such as dairy and meat products, timber, seeds and dried fruits and the conveyances that transport them for biosecurity risks, and issuing directions to control biosecurity risks
• Patrolling and investigating waterways for unlawful fishing activities and the removal of protected marine life
• Educating, advising and providing information on a wide range of topics relating to fish and their protection
• May initiate or assist in legal action to enforce regulations

Qualifications and experience

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications and experience outlined below.

At least three years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualifications listed above. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification.

• AQF Associate Degree, Advanced Diploma or Diploma (ANZSCO Skill Level 2)

Assessing authorities check your duties against these tasks, so your experience must match them, not only the job title.