SeaLife Sunshine Coast - Casual Aquarist/Diver
Merlin Entertainments · Not specified · onsite · Posted 32d ago
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About this role
Are you looking for a career as a professional aquarist Are you passionate about marine life, conservation and creating incredible guest experiences If the thought of delivering magic to thousands of guests every year makes you smile, then we have an amazing opportunity for you to join our team here at SEA LIFE Sunshine Coast as a Casual Assistant Aquarist/Diver.
About The Role
We connect guests with marine life through creating and maintaining engaging world-class displays, delivering memorable guest experiences and ensuring best-practice animal welfare. The successful candidate will support the curatorial team with a diverse range of tasks including maintaining exhibits, daily life support checks, preparing diets and record keeping.
About You
To be successful in this varied role, the ideal candidate will demonstrate both essential and desirable requirements:
Essential
Benefits
SEA LIFE is the world's largest aquarium brand, welcoming over 20 million explorers into our incredible underwater world every year. With more than 50 aquariums and sanctuaries globally, SEA LIFE inspires a love for the oceans and a commitment to protect them. At SEA LIFE Sunshine Coast, we showcase a rich diversity of Australian marine life and drive impactful breeding, rescue, and conservation initiatives.
Our passionate teams are dedicated to creating unforgettable experiences for every guest—fostering curiosity, connection, and care for our aquatic world.
Pay Range
Competitive
About The Role
We connect guests with marine life through creating and maintaining engaging world-class displays, delivering memorable guest experiences and ensuring best-practice animal welfare. The successful candidate will support the curatorial team with a diverse range of tasks including maintaining exhibits, daily life support checks, preparing diets and record keeping.
About You
To be successful in this varied role, the ideal candidate will demonstrate both essential and desirable requirements:
Essential
- Tertiary qualifications in marine biology, aquaculture, ecology or fisheries.
- Experience in an animal care role, preferably in a zoo or aquarium setting.
- Demonstrate a passion for guest experience, education and connecting people with marine life, sustainability, and conservation.
- Excellent observation and record keeping skills.
- Demonstrated ability to be flexible, cope with frequent and unpredictable changes to daily routine and workloads, and to work, at times under high pressure.
- Demonstrated ability to take initiative, work unsupervised, assess tasks, and set priorities for self.
- Current QLD driving license.
- PADI/SSI Dive Master/Instructor qualification required for divers applying.
- Ability to bend, stoop, squat, crawn, crouch, kneel, balance, climb heights 4m and carry and lift up to 20kg.
- Current First Aid / O2/ CPR / Dive medical AS2299
- Relevant experience in an aquarium setting
Benefits
- Corporate benefits including free access to all our attractions worldwide
- Domestic and g lobal opportunities to develop and progress your skills and career in tourism and attractions
- Opportunity to be involved with our Diversity & Inclusion initiatives, including our Reconciliation Action Plan
- Being part of a business built on fun
SEA LIFE is the world's largest aquarium brand, welcoming over 20 million explorers into our incredible underwater world every year. With more than 50 aquariums and sanctuaries globally, SEA LIFE inspires a love for the oceans and a commitment to protect them. At SEA LIFE Sunshine Coast, we showcase a rich diversity of Australian marine life and drive impactful breeding, rescue, and conservation initiatives.
Our passionate teams are dedicated to creating unforgettable experiences for every guest—fostering curiosity, connection, and care for our aquatic world.
Pay Range
Competitive
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Skills
Current First Aid O2 CPR Dive medical AS2299Current QLD driving licenseExperience in an animal care rolePADI SSI Dive Master Instructor qualificationTertiary qualifications in marine biology