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Victory Farms is a tilapia fish farm established in 2015. VF is located on the Kenyan side of Lake Victoria and has distribution capacity throughout Kenya. The Company is rapidly expanding its farm operation, fish processing, and sales & marketing capabilities. By the end of 2017, VF is on track to be the largest aquaculture farm in East Africa. VF is em…

Mortality Masters

Key Responsibilities

Mortality Collection

• Collect all visible and accessible fish mortalities from assigned cages daily.

• Check mortality bags and ensure they are collected/emptied as required.

• Coordinate with divers to recover bottom mortalities where applicable.

• Handle mortalities carefully to prevent loss, double counting or misidentification.

Mortality Recording and Data Accuracy

• Accurately record mortality numbers and/or weight for each cage.

• Verify that cage codes correspond correctly with mortality records.

• Report unusual increases in mortality immediately to the supervisor.

• Maintain complete and accurate daily mortality records for assigned cages.

Team Coordination

• Work closely with the assigned diver, feeders, net exchange team and other Mort Clerks.

• Follow the daily cage allocation and agreed zoning system.

• Ensure assigned cages are covered within the required working period.

• Coordinate workload redistribution when operational circumstances require it.

Cage Inspection and Fish Observation

• Observe cages/fish during mortality collection for abnormal conditions.

• Report excessive mortalities, abnormal fish behaviour, damaged nets, escapes, predator activity and other concerns.

• Escalate unusual findings promptly to the relevant supervisor.

Mortality Disposal

• Transfer collected mortalities to the designated collection/disposal point.

• Follow approved procedures for weighing, counting, transportation and disposal.

• Ensure mortalities are not returned to the lake or feeding areas.

Any other allocated duties from supervisor or management

Qualifications and Requirements

• Minimum of a High School Diploma

Knowledge and skills:

• Accuracy and attention to detail

• Team coordination and communication

• Knowledge of cage-farm operations

• Basic mortality data recording and reporting

• Biosecurity awareness

• Safety awareness and compliance

• Ability to work in a lake/cage-farm environment

• Problem identification and timely escalation

Lake Feeder

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure fish are in clean nets

• Ensure all mortality are collected and recorded

• Ensure fish are well fed everyday with the allocated feed based on water condition

• Monitor and report on the health condition of fish

• Monitor and report on all activities associated with designated cages

• Monitor and report on condition of cages

• Accurate recording of feeding data

• Any other job allocated by management

Qualifications and Requirements:.

• Minimum of a High School Diploma

Knowledge and skills:

• Basic Knowledge of fish, feed and feeding

Fish Handling Foreman

Key Responsibilities

• Directly responsible for mother cage and destination cage fish feeding and husbandry practices

• Supports the counter screen processes and daily livestreaming of the data from handled cages.

• Allocate feed rations for closed cages based on the biomass stocked. Work closely with feeding team to ensure timely feed orders for destination cages ongoing

• Collate data on feed fed for holding cages and share with both data and feeding teams.

• Ensure bottom mort are collected from mother cages before handling

• Work with the supervisor to ensure all SOPs are followed including monitoring of the daily KPIs and progress reporting.

• In-charge of the sampling process and data entry as well as platform data communication.

• Any other duty assigned by the supervisor.

• Ensure platform is always clean.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Minimum of a High School Diploma

Knowledge and skills:

• Knowledge on fish feeding techniques and feed optimization

• Basic Microsoft Office experience

• Professionalism and strong work ethic

• Positive and team-oriented attitude

• Ability to train, monitor and direct team members

• Ability to follow established standard operating procedures

• Ability to communicate and report through different channels available in the company

• Organization skills

• Possess good personality and communication skills, with the ability to do tasks under stressful environment and minimum supervision

• Time conscious

Fish Handling Supervisor

Key Responsibilities

• Custodian of recount protocols.

• In-charge of the counter screen processes and daily livestreaming of the data from handled cages.

• Ensure all mother cages and destination cages are well feed per protocol.

• Coordinate towing plan with inshore handling and towing teams

• Work closely with the lake operations department to ensure timely setting of destination cages for stocking.

• Responsible for the final inspection of the net integrity for all destination cages.