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General profession title

Lecturer in Marine Production Engineering

Job description

The job involves aquaculture management; teaching of aquaculture, marine zoology and nutrition; research into fish behaviour.

Typical Work Activities

1. Aquaculture maintenance and development (biological and technical aspects)
2. Teaching: practical and theoretical aspects in aquaculture, marine zoology and nutrition
3. Research into fish behaviour - application to aquaculture.

Work conditions

Range of typical starting salaries:

€1500 per month

Range of typical management salaries

€2000 per month

Working hours

37.5 hours per week officially but often can include weekend obligations

Mobility in industry

Research, teaching and lecturing in general provides good opportunities for travel and employment within the industry.

Permanent or temporary work available

Teaching and lecturing can offer a lot of versatility within the industry for type of work and contract.

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Entry requirement

Level of Degree necessary

Master's Degree at the least, it is usual for lecturers to have a PhD qualification.

Relevant degree in the following subjects essential

Biology, Marine Sciences (zoology, nutrition, ecology)

Typical years of study

5 years at least

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Training

It is not very usual for companies to pay for courses but people have several ways to pursue a degree/ qualification that can be funded by the government.

Look at the training possibilities in the Educational database

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Information sources

1. http://www.intechmer.cnam.fr
2. http://referens.univ-poitiers.fr/version/men/dcp.asp (engineer profiles)

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Case study

See the case study of a lecturer in marine production engineering.

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