Pond Supervisor at Victory Farms

Location: 100% on farm based in Homa Bay County

Compensation: Commensurate with Experience

Start date: July 2018

Job Description

The role of the Pond Supervisor is to ensure the highest level of egg and fingerlings production throughout all hatchery operations in the company. The individual will also be responsible for trainings, particularly with the pond crew, focusing on pond maintenance and fish health. One of the most important responsibilities of the position is to ensure that the Hatchery Department produces sustainable numbers of healthy fingerlings to increase and maintain projections of Victory Farms production plans. The position reports directly to the Hatchery Manager.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor each pond early morning and report to the hatchery manager in case of any abnormalities observed (water color, fish gasping, scratching, disease, balance swimming etc.)
• Calculate all doses for lime, fertilizer, alum for pond use.
• Taking stocks of all pond Inputs (Lime, Fertilizer etc.) and report to manager to request when stock is at 50%. Ensure that there is always adequate supply on site.
• Training of the Pond Team on good practices in aquaculture and designing new protocols to improve on work. More specifically, the Assistant Hatchery Manager will (a) identify training needs; (b) design training curricula; and(c) implement training programs – all in conjunction with the Hatchery Manager.
• Collect and Analyse environmental data (physicho-chemical parameters) on the ponds. Ability to use a computer is a big advantage.
• Responsible for pond preparation activities for fingerlings and egg production.
• Responsible for the safe keeping, regular calibration and maintenance of all environmental monitoring equipment.
• Conduct research studies and surveys of the aquatic environment and ponds, and produce reports recommending appropriate courses of action for solutions.
• Responsible for organization and implementation of the protocols relating to pond preparation and water quality maintenance.
• Support all aspects of hatchery operations. This includes incubation unit, pond management unit, and feeding unit.
• Maintain all environmental-related equipment.
• Lead data collection, analysis and interpretation for all environmental parameters in ponds.