Aquarist
Passionate about animals, and conservation? Experienced in animal husbandry? If so, this Aquarist role may be for you!
Summary about this job
Conservation, Parks & Wildlife
Company: Merlin Entertainments Group
Location: Melbourne
Work type: Full Time
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Phone: +61-7-7100-1791
Fax: +61-7-2928-5866
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Detail information about job Aquarist. Terms and conditions vacancy
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 an Aquarist to join our team at SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium!
This role works 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.
- Experience in operating a variety of Life Support Systems
Please note this is a full time role that follows a three week rotating roster including regular weekend work.
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.
Benefits
Alongside a fun and collaborative environment, you can enjoy our great benefits package, which includes a Merlin Magic Pass, which entitles you and your family and friends free admission to all our attractions worldwide. Perhaps the biggest benefit of joining us however, are the invaluable opportunities for further career training and development across our ever-expanding group.
About Us
Merlin Entertainments, plc Merlin Entertainments is a business built on fun. We are the world's second-largest visitor attraction operator, with over 100 attractions, eight hotels and three holiday villages in 22 countries across four continents and we run some of the best known names in global leisure. These include the likes of SEA LIFE, Madame Tussauds, the Dungeons, the Eye brand, and LEGOLAND.
So if you are a team player who is vibrant and passionate about educating guests and creating memorable experiences in a great company and team who Love What We Do, we want to hear from you!