SFIRP | Career Q&A Sessions – Water Farming Digital Learning Kit

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SFIRP | Career Q&A Sessions – Water Farming Digital Learning Kit

Water Farming

This suite of resources explores careers in the Aquaculture or Water Farming industries. The three videos consider the production of food fibre within water systems as opposed to on land. The videos provide insights from a mussel farmer, oyster farmer and aquaculture nutritionist. Each video discusses improvements in production and sustainability and provides an overview of each career. The videos are a useful accompaniment for lessons on production, sustainability and careers within aquaculture.

This Digital Learning Kit resource contains:

3 Videos
1 Worksheets PDF

Water Farming Digital Learning Kit – Worksheets

The Water Farming Student Worksheet is designed to be used in conjunction with the videos. These worksheets give students the opportunity to answer questions about the videos, create a job description for a role and research agricultural careers in greater detail.

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Water Farming Digital Learning Kit – Videos

This series of Career Q&A videos forms part of a suite of resources promoting careers within agriculture. Three candidates are interviewed and asked the same series of questions about their careers in agriculture. The videos can either be watched individually, depending on the topic, or all three of the videos can be watched together. To explore the rest of our Digital Learning Kits, based on the other themes, please click

The following videos discuss some of the industry’s issues as well as demonstrating the variety of roles, both as producers and off farm roles within the industry.

Sam Gordon, Managing Director South Coast Mariculture
Gary Rodley, Owner of Tathra Oysters
Ha Truong, Aquatic nutritionist

The candidates are asked the following questions:

Where did you go to school and what was your favourite subject?
Describe what you do.
Describe a typical day.
Explain how what you do is adapted for Australian agriculture.
Explain how technology has changed the way you do things.
Identify something that surprised you about your career.
Describe the most useful skill you require for your role.
Identify some of the challenges facing young people starting in your role and explain how they can overcome them.
What shoes do you wear to work?
Where do you sit on the CSU Career Pathway Poster?

Sam Gordon, Managing Director South Coast Mariculture (7.10min)
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Gary Rodley, Owner of Tathra Oysters (9.41 min)
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