Indigenous Aquarist/ Keeper

4 months ago

Melbourne, Australia Indigenous Workstars Full time

Are you passionate about Aquatic Animal husbandry? Would you like to work for one of Melbourne's star attractions ensuring that our animals receive the highest level of care and our guests have a magical experience?
If you love animals, feel passionate about conservation and love sharing your enthusiasm with others then we could have the job for you.

**About the Role**
We currently have an opportunity for Aquarists/Keepers to join our team at SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium

These roles work within the Curatorial team in ensuring best practice animal husbandry as well as providing an amazing experience to our visitors.
- You will have the opportunity to work across all exhibits within the aquarium.
- Your duties include but are not limited to:

- Perform various tasks across the aquarium - daily husbandry, management and welfare of the animal collection- Develop and maintain excellent and innovative animal exhibits that deliver an exceptional visitor experience
- Food preparation and feeding of fish and marine animals
- Clean and maintain the exhibits and quarantine tanks
- Implement continually high levels of cleanliness of all the displays, quarantine and food preparation areas, plus associated plant and workshops
- Maintain and develop displays lighting, signage and interactive displays in the displays area.
- Working with a variety of Life Support Systems

**About You**
- You will possess either a relevant science qualification, or demonstrated equivalent experience within an aquarium/aquaculture environment.
- In addition, you will be passionate about marine animals and will display commitment, loyalty and a strong work ethic.
- You will be an exceptional communicator, are solution focused, and are able to use your vast experience to work well in a successful, fast paced team.
- You are committed to ensuring clean, amazing exhibits and exercise best practice animal husbandry while delivering an amazing guest experience.
- Your ability to multi-task and have a flexible and adaptable approach along with high attention to detail, the ability to meet deadlines and have demonstrated planning, organisational and time management skills are highly desired.
- Please note that this role will require regular diving and appropriate certifications for diving will be required. Already hold appropriate qualifications? This is an advantage

**About the Benefits**
The salary is competitive and other perks include:
- Corporate benefits including free access to all our attractions worldwide
- Great engagement incentives including
- birthday leave and volunteer leave- Global opportunities to develop and progress your skills and career
- Being part of a business built on fun

**Application requirements**:
Indigenous Workstars specialises in the engagement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people into employment in a variety of communities and industries across Australia.

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