Also called: Aquarium Service Tech
Installs and maintains fish tanks for homes, offices, restaurants, and doctors' waiting rooms.
Drives a route servicing 6-8 tanks a day: siphoning gravel, scrubbing algae, testing water, and swapping out sick fish. Builds a 500-gallon reef tank in a wealthy client's living room.
Estimate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. No degree required; aquarium hobby experience is the main qualification.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Self-taught. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Marine Biology.
Growing about average. Niche.
Low risk for 10 years. Smart sensors and auto-dosers monitor water; scrubbing tanks, swapping fish and building custom reefs stay hands-on.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to aquarium service companies or fish stores that do tank maintenance routes
Classes: Biology, Chemistry, Marine science, Business.
Official data: O*NET occupation 39-2021.
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