Aquarium/Aquaculture Student Research Assistant
Job Description
Students gain hands-on experience caring for a wide variety of marine fish and invertebrate species. This facility currently houses local, tropical, and subtropical species for breeding and other research initiatives.
We Focus on:
- Research and development of aquaculture techniques and systems
- Broodstock and larval nutrition of fish, and invertebrates
- Live feed culture (Copepods, Artemia, Rotifers)
- Cost-effective larval rearing systems
- Small-scale commercial production of marine ornamentals
- Exposure to a holistic view of the aquarium industry, trade, sustainability and socio-economic implications
We ask that interested students are willing to:
- Learn how to properly feed and care for animals
- Follow standard operating procedures and task lists
- Work well and respectively with other student workers and staff
- Potentially work off site at the Audubon Society of Rhode Island鈥檚 Nature Center and Aquarium (scheduling permitting).
- Clean and organize tanks or systems, space, etc. as needed
- Have a strong attention to detail
- Be comfortable with physically demanding activities (lifting, climbing on ladders/stepstools, squatting, being on feet for majority of shift, working in wet floor conditions).
- If a student is physically unable to participate in activities involving lifting or climbing on ladders/stepstools, accommodations may be made on a case-by-case basis. Safe lifting training will be required for over 20 pounds.
- Other tasks can be assigned including: data entry, inventorying, or more desk-based work upon request.
Application Information:
Please fill out this online form and you will be contacted for an interview.
*Students are prohibited from driving during work-study employment with the limited exception of authorized work-study driver positions.