UndergraduateAgriculture
Diploma of Aquaculture
South Metropolitan TAFE, Perth, WA, Australia
About this program
Turn the ocean into your office with a career in the aquaculture industry. This qualification will provide you with the practical skills and knowledge to manage the operations of fish farms, marine farms and hatcheries. You will learn skills in developing and implementing a breeding strategy, planning ecologically sustainable practices, biosecurity, managing stock health, developing a stock production plan, managing staff and business operations and developing marketing strategies that comply with government regulations and restrictions.
Our campuses have extensive salt and freshwater aquaculture facilities that will enable you to acquire practical, hands on training that relates directly to the aquaculture industry.
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Course structure
Study plan in 2 parts
- Core units: SFIAQU504 Plan and implement environmentally sustainable aquacultural practices
- SFIBIO501Plan and implement an aquaculture biosecurity plan
- Elective units (selected in consultation with industry): AHCWRK502 Collect and manage data
- BSBLDR522Manage people performance
- SFIAQU404Operate hatchery
- SFIAQU410Implement a program to operate, maintain or upgrade a recirculating aquaculture system
- SFIAQU501Develop a stock nutrition program
- SFIAQU502Develop and implement an aquaculture breeding strategy
- SFIAQU505Plan stock health management
- SFIAQU506Manage an aquaculture research trial
- SFIAQU508Plan and design stock culture or holding systems and structures
- SFIAQU509Develop stock production plan
Career & PR pathway
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Admissions
Completion of SFI30119 Certificate III in Aquaculture is required for entry into this course.
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