Aquarist

**Aquarist**
**$25.02 - 26.91 per hour Part Time**
**$31.28 - 33.64 per hour Casual**
**Sea World, Main Beach, Gold Coast**

**About the role**:
As an Aquarist you will provide animal husbandry for a range of teleosts and invertebrates including fish, sea jellies and corals. As an Aquarist, you will also be required to conduct water quality testing.

**Duties**:

- Carry out daily husbandry and maintenance tasks for the Sea Jellies Illuminated facility to maintain the animals in the best health possible.
- Daily care of teleosts and invertebrates.
- Water quality testing.
- Participate in collections, transports and rescues for all fish and invertebrates.
- Complete daily records for all exhibits under your care to ensure that accurate and complete histories are maintained for all animals.

**Skills and Experience**:

- Bachelor of Sciences in a relevant field (e.g. Marine Biology) required.
- Knowledge of aquarium systems, filtration and water testing.
- Knowledge and ability to care for live food hatcheries, including harvesting, cleaning and nutritional enrichment of microalgae, rotifers and artemia.
- Knowledge of marine species including sharks, rays, fish, turtles, jellyfish and corals.
- Ability to work unsupervised and on a rotating roster including weekends and public holidays
- Previous experience working in a public aquarium would be valuable.

**Benefits**:

- Unlimited free entry to our theme parks
- Food and beverage and retail discounts
- Unique team member events
- Opportunity for professional development

**About the company**:
Village Roadshow Theme Parks comprises of Warner Bros. Movie World, Wet ’n’ Wild Gold Coast, Paradise Country, Australian Outback Spectaculars Heartland, Village Roadshow Studios, Sea World and Sea World Resort. We encourage a fun, entertaining and enthusiastic environment whilst ‘Creating joy and memories that last lifetimes’