James H.

Experience

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  Moana New Zealand

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2013

  Farm Technician

  A short summer contract working on an abalone farm. This job involved basic animal husbandry, feeding, grading, cleaning and monitoring for disease.

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  Shetland Amenity Trust

  Jan 2015 - May 2016

  Contractor - Peat Bog Restoration

  Contract work restoring peat bogs in Shetland. This involved assessing conditions of site, discussing appropriate actions. Profiling sections of peat, taking cores to propagate in other locations along with various other methods. The goal was landscaping the area to encourage water retention and protection from wind erosion to allow for regrowth.

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  NAFC Marine Centre UHI - Marine Science and Technology Department

  May 2016 - Jan 2016

  Seaweed Cultivation Technician

  Short assistant research contract to determine viability of commercial seaweed production.This involved spore collection and propagation, monitoring and sampling growth through to harvesting and processing for commercial use. Engaging with local businesses to determine use cases and scalability of products. This role required large amounts of research, sampling, data collection and analysis, report writing, community and business engagement.

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  SPIE

  Mar 2017 - Jan 2018

  Contracts Coordinator

  Call centre work. Tasks involved handling calls and queries, sorting and storing data, liaising with engineer and clients and keeping track of contract jobs and ensuring they are completed on time.

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  Mowi

  May 2018 - Jan 2019

  Farm Technician

  This position was based on the lsle of Rhum farming Atlantic salmon. As a farm tech with Mowi i was tasked with general animal husbandry tasks such as feeding, monitoring for and treating diseases/lice, conducting lice counts, gills swabs, bloods samples and harvesting. Other tasked involved with the position included water quality monitoring, laboratory duties, boat handling in challenging conditions, working with feeding systems making repairs to equipment when needed and solving problems as they appeared. Mostrar menos

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  Marinovac Uk Limited

  Jul 2020 - Sept 2020

  Internship Trainee

  During the break between semesters I was given the opportunity to intern at Marinnovac. While there I shadowed staff and learned about the development of commercial fish vaccines.The skills I was taught included:Understanding and running PCR tests, from sample extraction and preparation through to detecting DNA and obtaining standard curve results.Growing and maintained of fish cell cultures for viral inoculation.Isolation and purification of virus strains.Inoculation of cell cultures and upscaling for vaccine productionUnderstanding adjuvants and correct vaccines mixes.Understanding antibody production and detection methods.Risk assessment and management skills.The stages of developing a commercial vaccine from demand through to production. Mostrar menos

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  BioMar

  Jul 2021 - Oct 2024

  Biofarm Advisor

  Responsible for monitoring flesh quality and feed performance, gathering, analysing ,and feeding back this data to both clients and colleagues. First point of contact for clients, giving advice on diet strategies, providing feed management training, after sales service, technical support, complaints handling, assisting in both external and internal feed trials and assisting in auditing and certification processes.

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  Fresh Studio®

  Feb 2025 - now

  Senior Aquaculture Consultant