The Inland Fisheries Service receives regular requests from schools looking for work experience placements for their students that are interested in pursuing a career in conducting fisheries research and management activities around Tasmania.

The work students can expect to undertake is diverse and based in a variety of locations. This includes assisting the Carp Management team at Lake Sorell, working in the New Norfolk Hatchery, working at the Salmon Ponds in Plenty, stocking fish around the lakes and rivers of Tasmania and conducting native and pest fish surveys at various locations.  The experience provides a real insight for students looking at pursuing a career in the fisheries management field.

Jack Rolf, a year 10 student from the Mackillop Catholic College in Mornington is currently spending the week at the Inland Fisheries Service, and has been working with the Carp Management Team as well in the hatchery. He was involved in repairing barrier nets on Lake Sorell, as well as tracking tagged transmitter carp, setting gill nets, and dissecting and examining the gonads of carp. In the hatchery, he experienced what was required to raise trout, including feeding schedules, monitoring of water parameters and general maintenance of the tanks.
Jack Rolf: “So far my time at the IFS has been great fun and interesting. I would recommend this experience for other students as it has been good to involved with the range of tasks and the staff are very friendly”.