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Diploma of Aquaculture

  • Diploma

Turn the ocean into your office with a career in the aquaculture industry. This qualification will provide you with the practical skills and knowledge to manage the operations of fish farms, marine farms and hatcheries.

Key details

Degree Type
Diploma
Course Code
SFI50119, 0100601
Study Mode
In person
Domestic Fees
$12,480 per year / $13,262 total
International Fees
$12,480 per year / $13,262 total

About this course

Turn the ocean into your office with a career in the aquaculture industry. This qualification will provide you with the practical skills and knowledge to manage the operations of fish farms, marine farms and hatcheries. You will learn skills in developing and implementing a breeding strategy, planning ecologically sustainable practices, biosecurity, managing stock health, developing a stock production plan, managing staff and business operations and developing marketing strategies that comply with government regulations and restrictions.

Our campuses have extensive salt and freshwater aquaculture facilities that will enable you to acquire practical, hands on training that relates directly to the aquaculture industry.

Students at Geraldton campus will have access to the Batavia Coast Maritime Institute (BCMI) for a minimum of three days per week in a simulated workplace and aboard the training vessel master class.

Entry requirements

  • An IELTS score (academic) of 6.0 with no band score less than 5.0 or equivalent.

  • Completion of SFI30119 Certificate III in Aquaculture is required for entry into this course.

Please view Admission requirements for your country of origin.

Study locations

Fremantle

Geraldton

Career pathways

Career opportunities
  • Hatchery Manager
  • Hatchery Technician
Career opportunities
  • Hatchery Manager
  • Hatchery Technician
  • Hatchery Manager
  • Hatchery Technician
  • Course structure

    To achieve this qualification, students must demonstrate competency in 12 units. These 12 are comprised of 2 core units and 10 elective units. Elective units listed below have been selected in consultation with industry.

    Students who enrol into this qualification will be eligible for credit transfer of the units that they have already achieved. Fees paid by international students are set on a commercial basis and are paid as a whole of course fee - no refund will apply to credit transfers. Please refer to your letter of Offer for detailed duration and costings for your enrolment

    Core units
      National ID
      Unit title
    • SFIAQU504
      Plan and implement environmentally sustainable aquacultural practices
    • SFIBIO501
      Plan and implement an aquaculture biosecurity plan
    Elective units
      National ID
      Unit title
    • AHCWRK502
      Collect and manage data
    • BSBLDR522
      Manage people performance
    • SFIAQU404
      Operate hatchery
    • SFIAQU410
      Implement a program to operate, maintain or upgrade a recirculating aquaculture system
    • SFIAQU501
      Develop a stock nutrition program
    • SFIAQU502
      Develop and implement an aquaculture breeding strategy
    • SFIAQU505
      Plan stock health management
    • SFIAQU506
      Manage an aquaculture research trial
    • SFIAQU508 Plan and design stock culture or holding systems and structures
    • SFIAQU509 Develop stock production plan