How to become an aquarium fish farm worker
Official title: Aquarium fish farm worker
Also called: Aquarium fish breeder, Aquarium fish farmer, Fish hatchery worker (aquarium), Tropical fish farm worker, Tropical fish farmer, Aquarium fish breeder, Fish hatchery worker (aquarium)
Aquarium fish farm worker breeds and raises aquarium fish for sale. He/she buys young fish (fry) and transfers fry to aquariums and provides required foods. He/she collects, sorts and packs aquarium fish for sale.
Main tasks
- Breeding, raising and cultivating fish, mussels, oysters and other forms of aquatic life as cash crops or for release into freshwater or saltwater
- Collecting and recording growth, production and environmental data
- Conducting and supervising stock examinations in order to identify diseases or parasites
- Monitoring environments to ensure maintenance of optimum conditions for aquatic life
- Directing and monitoring trapping and spawning of fish, egg incubation, and fry rearing, applying knowledge of management and fish culturing techniques
- Maintaining buildings, tanks, machinery, boats and other equipment
- Delivering or marketing products
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $43,560 a year. The middle half earn $37,980 to $48,828 a year.
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How much does an aquarium fish farm worker earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $43,560 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $37,980 to $48,828.
Will AI change the work of an aquarium fish farm worker?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026