Program Overview

Certificate III in Aquaculture Practices

National Code

SFI30119

CRICOS Code

A

Course Duration

• Project Based: 40 Weeks
• School Duration: 50 Weeks

Course Units

• 16 Units

Course Information

Course Units

Core Units

• SFIBIO301 Identify and report signs of aquatic disease or pests
• SFIWHS301 Contribute to workplace health and safety processes
• SFIXSI201 Work effectively in the seafood industry

Elective Units

• AHCECR302 Collect and preserve biological samples
• FBPOPR2066 Apply sampling procedures
• NAT Take measurement of individual corals
• NAT Construct and deploy a unit of an oyster reef
• NAT Undertake clam seeding
• SFIAQU213 Use waders safely in aquatic environments
• SFIAQU304 Maintain water quality and environmental monitoring
• SFIAQU309 Carry out emergency procedures
• SFIAQU407 Coordinate sustainable aquacultural practices
• SFIEMS201 Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices
• SFIPRO203 Shuck molluscs
• SFIXSI101 Apply basic seafood handling and safety practices
• SFIXSI102 Communicate in the seafood industry

Career Outcomes

• Marine Park Ranger Trainee
• Restoration Project Technician
• Environmental Consultant Assistant
• Junior Marine Field Technician
• Junior Marine Restoration Technician

Students will study regenerative aquaculture production, monitoring, fieldwork, monitoring, environmental assessments, planning and presenting information about local aquaculture projects, clams seeding and sustainable oyster farming. This course will focus on how aquaculture practices can be sustainable and how the industry can transform into an industry that is regenerating our oceans while proving food for humanity. Graduates at this level will have factual, technical and procedural knowledge of aquaculture. This course will provide graduates with the skills to enter the aquaculture workforce with intermediate level of understanding or to expand current industry skills and lay the foundations for further studies.