Aquarist/diver

What you'll bring to the team:
**Casual Aquarist / Diver SEA LIFE Sunshine Coast**

Are you passionate about Aquatic Animal husbandry, highly motivated and love working in a dynamic environment within a team? Would you like to work for one of the Sunshine Coast star attractions ensuring that our animals receive the highest level of care, and our guests have a magical experience? We could have the job for you

**About the Role**

We currently have an opening in the team for a casual Aquarist/Diver

**What will you be doing on the daily? Besides having a fish-tastic time? Your duties will include, but not be limited to**:

- Performing various tasks across the aquarium - daily husbandry, management, and welfare of the animal collection
- Developing, cleaning and maintaining excellent and innovative animal displays that deliver an exceptional visitor experience.
- Food preparation and feeding of fish, marine and terrestrial animals, ensuring we are providing optimal diet and enrichment.
- Monitoring the collection for any sign of disease, maintaining exceptional levels of animal care and welfare
- Managing water quality, testing and adjusting parameters to ensure optimal conditions
- Operating and maintaining a variety of life support systems.
- Regular diving in displays
- Assisting in the development of display lighting, signage and interactive opportunities.

**Please note** - The role will require regular weekend work, with our peak periods being school and public holiday periods (penalty rates apply)

**So, what sort of Aquarist are we after?**

**You will be**:

- An exceptional communicator
- Solution focused
- Able to use your vast experience to work well in a successful, fast paced team
- Committed to ensuring clean, amazing displays
- Able to exercise best practice animal husbandry while delivering an **amazing guest experience**:

- A multi-tasker and have a flexible and adaptable approach along with high attention to detail
- Agile to meet deadlines and have demonstrated planning, organisational and time management skills

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**Essential Criteria**:

- Hold a minimum of Dive Master certification
- Hold a Bachelor’s degree in biology, zoology, marine science or proven experience in related field
- Excellent observation and record keeping skills
- Confident with using MS Office
- Passionate about animal care with sound knowledge of freshwater, salt water and land-based animal husbandry techniques.
- Able to pass an Occupational Diver Medical AS2299
- Current Australian working rights
- Ability to bend, stoop, squat, crawn, crouch, kneel, balance, climb heights 4m and carry and lift up to 20kg.

**Desirable Criteria**:

- Experience with Life Support Systems and water quality monitoring and maintenance
- Current First Aid, CPR & Oxygen Therapy Provider

**About Us**:
Merlin Entertainments is the company behind iconic brands like SEA LIFE, Madame Tussauds, LEGOLAND, and Peppa Pig World of Play. We operate in over 140 attractions across 25 countries, delivering memorable experiences to 54 million+ visitors a year.

We’re the leading operator of visitor attractions in Australia and New Zealand, with 10 attractions, including SEA LIFE, Wild Life, Madame Tussauds, and the Fly Treetop Adventures, amongst others.

Merlin Entertainments is driven by a strong social responsibility with the vision to create a world where the global community respects, conserves, and sustainably manages our precious aquatic habitats, wildlife, and natural resources. We strive to achieve this goal through our 3 charities: Merlins Magic Wand, the SEA LIFE Trust, and the WILD LIFE Conservation Fund.

So, if you are vibrant and passionate about delivering an amazing service within a great company and in a team who loves what we do - then we want to hear from you

**Benefits***
- Corporate benefits including free access to all our attractions worldwide
- Domestic and global opportunities to develop and progress your skills and career in tourism and attractions
- Opportunity to be involved with our Diversity & Inclusion initiatives, including our Reconciliation Action Plan
- Being part of a business built on** **_fun_**

Pay Range: Competitive