Aquarist

Job description

POSITION SUMMARY: Nemacolin is seeking to fill a key position in our Wildlife department that is responsible for maintaining proper lighting in an exhibit, diagnosing animal health, maintaining water quality, and building exhibits, aquarists must be comfortable using a wide range of tools. The list of equipment aquarists typically uses includes hand and power tools, ladders, and scaffolding; fishing equipment and collection gear; plumbing equipment, lighting equipment, and pressure sprayers; and life support equipment. Aquarists have an extremely varied set of responsibilities and therefore need an equally diverse range of knowledge and skills to do their jobs. The personal characteristics aquarists identified as being important for this profession also reflect this variety: self-motivation, creativity, a willingness and ability to learn, resourcefulness, intuition, thoroughness, and the ability to work with others are just some of the key qualities that aquarists believe are important in order to do their jobs well. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: - Maintain exhibit aesthetics - Maintain life support - Maintain water quality - Maintain support areas - acquiring specimens - Feeding specimens...