Aquaculture Technician I
Riverence Brood LLC is a broodstock business producing premium quality steelhead/rainbow trout, golden rainbow trout, Atlantic salmon, and coho salmon eggs. Our eggs are sold to our sister companies, Riverence Farms LLC and Riverence Provisions LLC, and other customers throughout the US and worldwide. Riverence's modern facilities are designed for the long haul, built to maximize the quality of life for our broodstock, increasing efficiency and minimizing our environmental impact. Our farms have been outfitted with cutting-edge technologies that help us ensure that our customers get the most consistent, highest-quality eggs possible. We believe in being thought leaders in the aquaculture industry. As a result, we pride ourselves in being industry leaders by continually building our professional experience and the industry's credibility.
Benefits:
WA State Sick Leave Program
Classification: Non-Exempt
Wage Range: $18.50 – $20.00
Reports to: This position reports directly to the Area Supervisor.
Date: Updated: 5/23/2023
Objective
The Aquaculture Technician I will demonstrate a passion for fish husbandry, a good work ethic, attention to detail and have good record keeping skills ensuring the success of the department.
Essential Functions
Requirements
Competencies
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. On call availability requires close proximity to the site.
Travel
Minimal travel may be required for this position.
Required Education and Experience
Preferred Education and Experience
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.
Riverence Provisions is North America’s largest vertically integrated producer of premium steelhead and rainbow trout in the U.S.A. Our company was founded to decrease the pressure on wild salmon and trout, while providing consumers with the highest quality products available on the market.
We produce gourmet, hand-trimmed trout fillets and smokehouse products at our facilities in southern Idaho. Every Riverence trout has a fully traceable story that we manage from the very beginning — starting with our own brood stock, continuing through egg hatch, grow-out, processing, and distribution. Riverence is also the first trout farm in the US to be certified under the Aquaculture Stewardship Council label.
Our fish are raised in crystal clear Rocky Mountain spring water. We use no growth hormones, no preventative antibiotics, and never genetically engineer our products. And because we’re land-based, we have no escapes, no bycatch, and lowest contaminants.
We're here to take good care of the resources we have, to do more with less, and to provide a safe, premium food source that will serve humanity for generations to come.
