Aquaculture Training Courses Brochure

Aquaculture Training Courses At Aquaculture Innovations we continuously strive to provide high quality Aquaculture Training Courses to directly meet needs within the Industry. Our Aquaculture Academy in Grahamstown, South Africa, is equipped to provide exactly this sort of Practical Training Experience, and is continuously expanding to cover new technologies and offer training in additional areas. All of our training programs are run through our company Aquaponics Innovations. The primary focus of our Aquaculture Training is on the practical components and disciplines that one needs to master in order to be a successful Fish Farmer. We currently offer the Aquaculture Training Courses listed in the following pages of this eBrochure. These Courses are all run at the Aquaculture Academy, but we also offer the option of running Courses at clients’ facilities. Terms: ? We reserve the right to postpone a Course that does not have the minimum number of delegates. ? Full payment is required with Registration to secure your booking. ? Bookings close on the Wednesday prior to each Course, or once we have the maximum number of delegates Registered for a Course, whichever comes first. ? If we cancel a Course or you cannot attend a Course at short notice we automatically move your Registration to the following dates on which the same Course is offered. There is no charge for this unless accommodation was booked for you, in which case a cancellation policy may apply depending on which establishment you were booked to stay at. ? Course Refund Policy: up to 4 weeks prior to the Course 90%, 2 – 4 weeks prior 70%, <2 weeks 50% if we fill your seat with another delegate. Courses: Aquaculture System Management (4 days theory & practical) Tilapia Farming Course (10 days of life on a fish farm) Commercial Aquaponics Course (2 day theory & practical) Aquaculture Innovations Contact Details www.aquaafrica.co.za info@aquaafrica.co.za Tel: +27 46 622 3690 Fax: +27 86 519 4028 Aquaculture System Management Primary focus: This Course is a fast paced introduction to running a fish farm. We go through an enormous amount of theory as well as conducting the corresponding practical exercises. The purpose of this Course is to expose delegates to the disciplines involved in successful fish farm management from the perspective of the potential investor or farm manager, and thus includes a section on Fish Farm economics and a look at some stylised examples. Duration: This Course is run over 4 days. Agenda: Dates: 18 to 21 February 2014. Who should attend: Investors considering aquaculture and needing guidance on which route to follow; Fish farm managers; Fish farm supervisors. Cost R7 300 per delegate. This fee includes the Aquaculture Course Manual and a main meal on each day of the Course. SETA Accreditation: This Course is not accredited by SETA, but delegates receive a Certificate of Attendance. Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 8.00 am Welcome Spawn broodfish Fry & water quality Fry & water quality 8.30 am Industry overview Earth Ponds & Cage Recirculating systems Tilapia, Catfish 9.00 am Facility tour Nutrition: live & artificial feeds RAS demonstration Trout, Marine fish 10.30 am 11.00 am Reproduction Water quality Fish Physiology Ornamental fish 12.00 pm Reproduction Water quality Dissection Stock management 12.30 pm 1.30 pm Spawn tilapia Water quality testing Fish Health Stock management 2.30pm Prepare broodfish WQ recording & management Marketing Economics 3.15 pm 3.30 pm Inject broodfish Aquaponics Legislation Stylised examples 4.00 pm Aquaculture System Management Course Agenda Tea Lunch Tea Closure Tilapia Farmer Course Primary focus: This Course is the ultimate Fish Farmer Training Course and aims to hone skills through repetition of the primary tasks needed to be a successful Fish Farmer. Each day we go through the typical activities that would be conducted on a commercial Fish Farm, along with the necessary theory for the delegate to understand and experience what it takes to successfully produce Fish in a Recirculating Aquaculture System. Although this Course focusses on tilapia farming, many of the skills learned will be of equal use to other forms of fish farming and some practice with other species is included. The mantra of this Course is: I hear and forget I see and remember I do and I understand Duration: This Course is run over 10 days to experience the primary components of a weekly cycle twice. Agenda: Each day starts with water quality management and feeding, whereafter the tasks for that day are conducted between theory and further feeding events. We cover everything: health management, water quality, filtration, aeration, feeding, breeding, purging, transporting in bags vs tanks, stock management, siphoning, record keeping, dissections, handling fish, size sorting and counting. Dates: 24th March 2014 to 2nd April 2014 Who should attend: Investors considering aquaculture and needing guidance on which route to follow; Fish farm managers; Fish farm supervisors. Cost: R15 100 per delegate. This fee includes the Aquaculture Course Manual and a main meal on each day of the Course. Delegates also come away with charts on diseases and treatments, water quality management tools, System Management spreadsheets in Excel format, a Weekly Farm Management Program, supplier lists, and other useful tools for managing a Tilapia Farm. Feedback from previous Delegates: Dustin Blessman (USA): The course had the right amount of hands on work as well as book work. Food was Excellent Mohamed Atallah (Egypt): Very happy and if there is another opportunity I will do it again. Chris Oldnall (South Africa): Excellent, well researched with lots of anecdotal information. Didier Nyembo (DRC): Place well infrastructure to receive students and all put together to give a great insight to what fish farming is in Ponds VS RAS. Adrian Wenger (Switzerland): Fantastic Training in all aspects Velimir Doncevic (Serbia): Dynamic, descriptive and interactive, 5 out of 5. Piet van Graan (Botswana): Baie goed. Tony Wagbafor (Nigeria): Very good, I am very happy. Anton Seabrooke (Namibia): Comprehensive but not cluttered, relaxed and easy to impact knowledge to Trainees. Grenville Wilson (South Africa): 5/5 Exceeded my expectations. Joel Oloo (Kenya): Very resourceful on aquaculture in Southern Africa and the rest of the world. Chenney Jordaan (Zambia): Absolutely great Could not ask for better. It has been a wonderful experience, thank you. Akewake Geremew (Ethiopia): Very well done and detailed, this is the best place to be trained. Commercial Aquaponics Course Primary focus: Aquaponics is the combination of plant hydroponics and fish aquaculture in a single system, where the waste of one system becomes the nutrient source for the next. With growing awareness of the need to reduce our footprint on this globe there is a massive amount of interest in developing systems that provide wholesome crops in a manner that is environmentally sustainable and energy efficient. Aquaponics is just such a solution. Delegates will be given the theory on aquaponics; both the plant and fish crop sides, as well as spending time in the tunnel working with the crops. Duration: This Course is run over 2 days. Agenda: Aquaponics theory is conducted in the lecture hall and the practical exercises on our commercial aquaponics unit at the Aquaculture Academy, Grahamstown. The agenda is as follows: 2 day Commercial Aquaponics Course Day 1 Day 2 8.00 am Aquaculture overview Feeding the fish 9.00 am Facility tour Live feeds 10.30 am Tea 11.00 am Aquaponics overview Selecting crops 12.00 pm System components System Management Legislation Crop health 12.30 pm Lunch 1.30 pm Water quality Treatment options 2.30 pm Water quality testing Tunnel time 3:00 pm Tea 3:30 pm Marketing Economics 5:00 pm Closure Dates: 3rd & 4th March 2014. Who should attend: This Course is suitable for both commercial aquaponics farmers and people wanting to raise small amounts of fish and vegetable crops for own consumption. Cost: R4 900 per delegate. This fee includes the Aquaponics Course Manual and a main meal on each day. Feedback from previous Delegates: Mandy Hippe (Western Cape) – Very comprehensive, thought provoking and thorough Michael Hippe (Western Cape) – Great without becoming boring or too theoretical Mdletshe Thuthukani (KZN) – I was impressed with the whole course, it really opened my mind. Dylan Pons (JHB) – Sparked more interest, thus Great Donovan Boshoff (KZN) – Totally Worthwhile SETA accredited Courses We have a Tilapia Farming Course and a Catfish Farming Course that are each accredited with AGRISETA. The Courses are identical except for the portions that refer specifically to the relevant species. These Courses contain a complete set of theory and practical training to take someone from no knowledge of, or experience in, fish farming and make them competent. These Courses each span 12 weeks and are conducted on client’s farms, or by arrangement at the Aquaculture Academy in Grahamstown. Chapters covered during the SETA Course are as follows: Contact us to discuss this option further. Module # Module Title1 Introduction to the Species to be Farmed2 Fish Farm Equipment Management3 Collecting agricultural data4 Water Quality for Fish Farming5 Managing Water Quality for Fish Farming6 Fish Biology7 Fish Health Management8 Breeding Fish & Fry Rearing9 Feeding Fish10 Stock Management11 Moving Fish on & off the Farm Aquaculture Academy Trainer Leslie Ter Morshuizen All these Courses are conducted by Leslie Ter Morshuizen who is synonymous with fish. As a child he raised tilapia in the dams on the farms in the neighbourhood, and bred ornamental fish in tanks as a source of pocket money. On completing school he spent a year commercial fishing prior to spending 6 years at Rhodes University where he obtained a MSc degree in Ichthyology, and Provincial Colours for spearfishing. On graduating Leslie managed an ornamental fish farm for two years and was the Production Manager of a national koi farming group for a further two years, whereafter he started his own business as an Aquaculture Consultant. In his private capacity, and in collaboration with Rhodes University or the JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology (now the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity), the author has written several scientific, and a great number of popular publications. He has presented papers at conferences, presented proposals to State and Federal Ministers in Namibia, Nigeria, Madagascar, Mauritius & Mozambique, and has undertaken a substantial number of aquaculture consultancies. Since 2004 he has also been heavily involved in Aquaculture Training within the sub-region. Leslie’s approach is to provide Designs and Training that are based on the latest international trends within the Aquaculture Industry, but made appropriate for African conditions. Integrity, credibility and reliability are the virtues he strives to uphold.