Organisation Skills to be used on daily basis to ensure the ultimate successful selling of the product
Management Skills for the day-to-day running of the farm and its staff
Human Resource Management
Supervision Skills
Administration and accounting skills
Purchasing experience
Scientific knowledge
Species knowledge
Typical work activities
The Farm Manager is involved with the following activities:
Organising sale of live products
Centralising information on stocks,
Looking after the prices, orders, fish availabilities
Deciding what to keep and what to sell
Organising the production (if part of the company)
Supervising the loading of trucks in the morning, he/she may help out especially when employees are on holidays
Taking care of specific orders, performing office duties, phoning the customers regularly, visiting the clients/customers
Preparing and following up on all administrative files: insurance, financing, etc.
Deciding on purchases especially on fish food
Deciding on production purchases (materials, juveniles)
General management of the company: forecasts (sales, turnover, calendar, etc.) production management (juveniles), selection of fish, workforce organisation
" Delegation of work to assistants such as orders, payments, invoices.
Work conditions
It is very difficult to generalise the salary levels for a manager. This can depend on the activity within the sector rather than on the size of the company. Salaries can be very small, if the company has little margin, even if it produces 1000T. On the contrary, a 50T unit selling live, good quality product to fishermen, which is attaining a good price, can support a good management salary even if he/she has few employees.
It is important to complete a minimum of studies in order to be successful as a manager. The manager will always have to deal with administration, so it is very important that those interested in management gain knowledge in accountancy, law and rules.
The minimum required for a manager is the final secondary/high school exam e.g. baccalaureate in aquaculture to the BTSA (France); post "A " level degree in sciences (biology, aquaculture, environmental).
To be a manager requires a range of skills and knowledge. You must acquire scientific knowledge on your species and gain a scientific understanding of how everything works. You should pursue studies/training in business topics/affairs in order to be able to run a profitable business.
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