This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to design or upgrade a recirculating aquaculture system. It requires the ability to determine system requirements, define budgets, infrastructure and labour requirements, and finalise the design.

This unit applies to individuals who have specialised knowledge and technical and/or management responsibility for setting up, reviewing or modifying a recirculating aquaculture system to suit changing circumstances.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

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Observation Checklist

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Define specific water quality and environmental parameters required by stock
Determine optimum number and sizes of culture or holding systems required to achieve stocking and harvest objectives
Identify types of recirculating aquaculture systems that would provide the appropriate environment for cultured or held stock
Research mechanisation or automation of process or activity, including the use of specialised contract services
Document design or upgrade specifications and decisions into plans, specifications, procedure manuals and records or reports
Draw up work plans or schedules in consultation with senior personnel, taking budgeting, planning and operational requirements into consideration
Design, locate and orientate culture or holding structures or systems to conserve natural resources
Organise independent or specialist verification of design output against workplace objectives
Develop a construction plan according to accepted design principles and workplace requirements
Evaluate own and work team knowledge and skills against construction plan and work schedules to determine the need for external expertise or assistance
Determine and document materials, resource and supply provision requirements, including contingency options, from work plans, schedules and specifications
Document estimated labour requirements based upon documented work plans or schedules, allowing for variances
Negotiate and confirm external labour and hire equipment contracts with management, if required
Attribute costs based upon quoted information from suppliers to each component
Allow for contingencies for supply of materials, equipment and services in budget
Determine operating expense budget, indicating all input and output expenses for proposed system, including commissioning or start-up costs
Incorporate a break-even analysis and a sensitivity analysis of effects of changes in input and output costs in budget
Allow for contingencies for low or lost production in budget
Finalise selection of individual and combined components to provide optimal conditions for stock, and reliable and flexible systems for intended production inputs and culture or holding activities
Review, update and finalise work plans or schedules, design specifications, construction plan or commissioning or start-up procedures
Review budgets for capital and operating expenses and revise, as required, to meet changing circumstances
Examine relationship between capital and operating costs, including a review of alternative water and energy sources
Benchmark work plans or schedules, design specifications and system inputs and outputs against appropriate existing operations
Review overall operation and output of proposed system to ensure that it meets the long-term directions and purposes of the business and is economically sustainable

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