Also called: Fish Farm Engineer, Recirculating Aquaculture Engineer
Designs fish and shrimp farms, including indoor tanks that recycle water.
You design an indoor salmon farm where water is filtered and reused 99% of the time. You check oxygen and ammonia sensors, inspect pumps and biofilters, and figure out why one tank of fish is growing slower than the others.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in agricultural, biological or environmental engineering.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Agricultural Engineering, Biological & Agricultural Engineering, Biosystems Engineering, Aquaculture, Environmental Engineering.
Growing faster than average (about 6% over 10 years). Tracks agricultural engineers (BLS 2024-34); a very small occupation.
Low risk for 10 years. Sensors and AI monitor fish health and water; designing tanks and fixing systems on farms stay hands-on.
Classes: Biology, Chemistry, Environmental science, Agriculture CTE.
Official data: O*NET occupation 17-2021.
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