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Agricultural and Fishing Trades

Overview

£18,738 Entry Level Salary

£24,088 Average Salary

£37,921 Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

  • Manages areas of the countryside and the wider environment, carries out practical conservation activities and assists in promoting awareness of the natural environment.
  • Monitors and maintains the level of wildfowl on public and private estates.
  • Patrols a designated area of the countryside to monitor damage, erosion, access to rights of way and the state of footpaths and other facilities, and carries out remedial maintenance work as necessary.
  • Establishes and maintains forest nurseries, forestry and woodland, and diagnoses and treats diseased trees.
  • Navigates and maintains shipping vessels, assists with the shooting, hauling and repairing of fishing nets, prepares, lays and empties baited pots, and guts, sorts and stows fish.
  • Nets river fish and feeds and maintains them in spawning pens, cultivates and harvests oysters, mussels and clams on natural and artificial beds, treats water and diseased fish, and empties and cleans outdoor tanks.

Education Requirements

Required Level Percentage achieved
Level 0 5%
Level 1 10%
Level 2 27%
Level 3 28%
Level 4-5 (Higher Education) 11%
Level 6 (Bachelors) 17%
Level 7 (Masters or equivalent) 2%

1 Annual Opening

Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons, and do not distinguish between full- and part-time jobs.

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