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G.Lemarchand FARM MANAGER


Email Address: gilleslemarchand@hotmail.com
Address: 44 Bull Mountain Road
City: Asheville
State/Providence: North Carolina
Zip Code: 28805
Country: USA
Phone Number: 828-299-0425
Date Posted: 11/2/2009

Objective

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Education

2007 Aptitude Certificate in the Safety and Security in Maneuvering Fork-Lift Machinery

2006 Certificate in Radio Operation

2005 Professional fishing boat permit (Captain’s license)

2003 Commercial Scuba-Diver License (capability of intervention up to 200 feet)

2000 Master’s Degree in marine biology


Experience

2000 To Present:

Production Manager (Promoted to this position from Aquaculture Technician in 2004)

• Responsible for the open-sea production of certified organic finfish.

• Daily outdoor production experience in an offshore marine environment. Supervising production teams to carry-out daily activities, training teams of interns and apprentices on aquaculture methods.

• Stock management and oversight of operations including, reception of juveniles, grading, sampling, changing, cleaning and mending net pens, determining and preparing feed rations…

• Reports directly to company General Manager.

• Creating and implementing company-wide procedures, respecting traceability requirements for the organic label, assisting Quality Manager with all inspections (veterinary, organic label, etc).

• Accompanying organic certifier with audits, and production visits, providing detailed reports of farming practices. Trained to HACCP.

• Surveillance and zoological intervention (prophylactic measures, oral vaccinations, treatment, mortality rates). Direct contact with the aquaculture veterinary service department.

• Surveillance and intervention based on physico-chemical parameters of the water, management of oxygenation material, aerators (hydro-ejectors), motorized sub-marine helix, weather conditions.

• Conducted studies (with University interns) which included a series of tests in order to enhance managerial production methods in an effort to optimize feed conversion ratios.

• Development and deployment of production management software programs; data analysis.

• Calculating sales potential based on observed growth rates.

• Responsible for harvesting activities (ice-bath methods), assuring boat transport, packaging, shipment.

• Working directly with suppliers (hatchery, feed, material…). Responsible for ordering necessary supplies.

• Scuba-diving inspections: mending net-pens, adding, mooring and rearranging net pens in the open-sea site.

• Machinery and structure maintenance: floating pontoon and polyethylene cages (H.D.P.E. pipe).

• Conducting guided public visits of the production site.

• Frequent weekends on duty necessitating 48 hour presence on the site.


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