role

The Right Fit candidate will:

• Be Responsible for daily and weekly planning for the net deployment team.
• Ensure all nets are offloaded before a day before and placed on the allocated net place.
• Ensure the dispatch to the lake before 08hrs.
• Assign duties to the net deployment team ensuring effective teamwork.
• Make fuel requisition for the net deployment boat a day before operations.
• Identify the right material for use in net change and net deployment (net size, pulling ropes and twine).
• Make requisitions for new nets, net mending materials and tools required
• Oversee the net change, net deployment, Bagnet removal, scrap and frame change.
• Ensure fish is not stressed during net change, bag net removal and scrap.
• Oversee the loading and offloading of nets to and from the net deployment boat respectively.
• Check the integrity of nets before deployment and net change.
• Supervise the on-water net handling activities (net change, deployment, scrap, Bagnet removal and cage frame change)
• Work with divers to inspect deployed nets and check for damage.
• Ensure no fish escape during net change, bag net removal, frame change and scrap.
• Ensure the grow out cage is well secured after frame change.
• Ensure all cages are scraped on time without damaging the nets.
•  Ensure that the team check holes when pulling the bag net, fix them and report to the supervisor and line manager.
• Remove surface mortalities during net change, bag net removal and scrap.
• Confirm the net change, frame change and bag net with the line manage
• Ensure FIFO (First in First Out) principle for cage nets.
• Qualifications

  ·       Qualifications Requirements for the Feeding Supervisor are:

  • Grade 12 certificate,
  • Crafts Net deployer certificate preferred
  • 2-3 years’ experience in net removal.
  • 1-2 years’ experience deploying nets on fish cages on the lake
• Must have skills

  Communication problem solving analytical
  Good to have skills

  Knowledge of tools used in making and mending nets Knowledge of water safety procedures Knowledge of fish net repair techniques Technical knowledge of materials used in making nets and Working knowledge of net types and designs