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Structured programmes for entities and institutions ready to invest in their people — and tailored options for organisations that need something built from the ground up.

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Existing programmes

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AQUASELECT
AQUAGRAD
AQUASTUDY

An online upskilling programme for teams on commercial fish farms that builds the biology, data, and operational knowledge they need to make better decisions - at every level of the organisation, every day.

YOUR TEAM HAS THE EXPERIENCE. AQUASELECT GIVES THEM THE FRAMEWORK

The gap is rarely effort or experience. It is a shared foundation - an understanding of what the fish are doing, what the data is saying, and how daily operational choices connect to outcomes. When that foundation is missing, decisions become inconsistent, problems are caught late, and the full potential of the team is never reached. AquaSelect is built to close that gap.

What it delivers

BETTER DECISIONS, GROUNDED IN BIOLOGY AND DATA.

AquaSelect develops the capability your team needs to operate a commercial fish farm with confidence. The programme is built on a foundation of fish biology, because data and decisions only make sense when you understand what drives them. From there, it covers every dimension of farm management: production, planning, analytics, modelling, reporting, and financial judgement.

SUPPORTS SUSTAINED
PERFORMANCE

Develops farm teams with the skills and judgement needed to improve day-to-day operations and consistently deliver better outputs.

IMPROVES DECISION
QUALITY

Strengthens the ability of staff to interpret information, weigh 
trade-offs, and make confident operational decisions under
uncertainty.

STRENGTHENS OPERATIONAL
CONSISTENCY

Creates shared understanding and standardized thinking
across teams, reducing
variability in how decisions are made and actions are
executed.

BUILDS INTERNAL
CAPABILITY

Builds long-term capability that allows staff and farms to better apply data, experience, and external advice to achieve reliable biological and operational outcomes.

Who it is for

ANYONE ON THE FARM

EXECUTIVES
Grounding strategic decisions in biological and production reality
MANAGERS
Strengthening analytical and planning capability
SUPERVISORS
Connecting operations to data and outcomes
Managers Strengthening analytical and 
GENERAL STAFF
Understanding the why behind daily tasks
GRADUATES & INTERNS 
Building a structured foundation from the start

When farms enroll participants across multiple levels, AquaSelect creates a shared operational language - reducing the gap between what management decides and what the farm executes.

Module structure
NINE MODULES. THE FULL PICTURE OF FARM MANAGEMENT
Program structure
ONLINE. STRUCTURE. BUILT AROUND YOUR OPERATIONS
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LEARNING MATERIAL AND RECORDINGS

Complete and lifetime access to e-books, datasheets, presentations, and session recordings for flexible learning

PRE-SESSION QUIZZES, ASSIGNMENTS AND FEEDBACK

Short checks that prime participants before each live session. Structured assessments with detailed feedback to support development

LIVE SESSIONS

Online interactive facilitated sessions with real-time discussion and clarification

SEQUENTIAL PROGRESSION

The learning platform uses controlled progression, ensuring each step is completed before the next is unlocked, so learning builds in a logical and reliable sequence.

PROGRESS TRACKING

Clear visibility of learning journey and achievement milestones in one consolidated gradebook

Program package

A CORE PROGRAMME OR A PACKAGE BUILT FOR YOUR FARM

AquaSelect has a fixed core that guarantees programme quality and learning outcomes. Around that core, we work with you to build a package that fits your farm's size, structure, and operational reality.
Always included
THE CORE PROGRAMME
  • All nine modules and structured content
  • Proven didactic approach and teaching methodology
  • Core learning outcomes and assessment criteria
  • Data-based decision focus throughout
  • Sequential module progression and platform access
Tailored to you
YOUR OPTIONS
  • Programme duration: 6 or 12 months
  • Up to 10 participants per cohort, with multiple concurrent cohorts option for larger teams
  • Scheduling built around your production cycle and peak periods
  • Add-ons available: farm visits, extended mentorship, recruitment support
  • Facilitation intensity adjustable to your team's needs
Not sure what your farm needs? Get in touch and we will walk you through the options, discuss your team's profile, and put together a package that works for your operation.

A structured pathway, not a training event

AquaSelect is a structured upskilling pathway for farm staff. Rather than delivering isolated training events, it builds technical, analytical, and decision-making capability progressively over time - developing the kind of understanding and confidence that comes from learning applied to real operational contexts

Knowledge connected to farm practice

The program connects aquaculture knowledge directly to farm practice. Participants work with their own production data, translating principles into decisions that affect feeding, stocking, water quality management, and day-to-day operations. The emphasis throughout is on turning theory into practice, not reinforcing it in the abstract.

Stronger judgement across the operation

At its core, AquaSelect is about strengthening judgement in complex, low-visibility systems. It gives farm teams a shared foundation of skills and thinking that improves execution and consistency across the operation - not by replacing experience or management, but by sharpening the analytical capacity that good management depends on.

Interested in AquaSelect?

AquaGrad is a structured graduate development programme that places graduates within a commercial aquaculture operation while they complete a structured learning pathway delivered by ACMS. By combining day-to-day farm experience with guided technical and commercial training, graduates develop the practical skills, professional confidence and industry understanding needed for successful careers in aquaculture.
Graduates leave tertiary education with knowledge. Employers need people who can apply that knowledge in a commercial production environment.
AquaGrad bridges that gap through structured, practical development that prepares graduates for meaningful careers in aquaculture.
Completing tertiary education is only the beginning of an aquaculture career. Many graduates possess strong theoretical knowledge but have limited opportunities to develop the practical experience that employers increasingly expect. At the same time, farms need future employees who understand not only the biology of production, but also the commercial realities of operating a successful business.

AquaGrad bridges this transition by placing graduates within a commercial farm environment while ACMS delivers a structured programme of technical, operational and professional development. Graduates apply what they learn every day, building competence through real production activities supported by mentoring, assessment and guided learning.

Whether a graduate ultimately joins the host farm or pursues opportunities elsewhere, AquaGrad creates capable, work-ready professionals who strengthen both individual businesses and the future of the aquaculture industry.
What it delivers

FARM-READY GRADUATES. FASTER.


Applied learning

Graduates move beyond theory by applying technical knowledge in real production environments, developing practical skills alongside commercial understanding.


Commercial capability

Training develops decision-making, data interpretation, production planning and operational thinking, not just biological knowledge.

A pathway into employment
AquaGrad gives graduates the practical experience and industry exposure that employers increasingly expect, improving their transition into meaningful careers.

Investing in the future

Whether preparing graduates for placement within your organisation or developing future industry professionals, AquaGrad helps build the skilled workforce aquaculture needs.
One programme. Three ways to engage

BUILT AROUND WHERE YOUR ORGANISATION IS AT

AquaGrad is ACMS-delivered in every case. The difference is how much structure exists before we arrive — and how much we need to build alongside the training.
Option 01

Formalise an existing programme

You already have graduates or interns on the farm. ACMS comes in and adds structured, accredited training alongside your existing practical programme.

Best for farms with an established internship or graduate rotation that want to add structured, formal training outcomes.
Option 02

Build a programme from scratch

No graduate programme on your farm? ACMS designs the full programme, sets up the systems and recruitment, and delivers the training. End-to-end.

Best for farms, entities, governments, or NGOs that want a graduate programme but have no existing programme or infrastructure to build from.
Option 03

No farm yet — full scope

No farm, no programme. ACMS identifies a suitable farm partner, then sets up and delivers the full programme as per Option 2.



Best for NGOs and government programmes that want to establish a graduate training pathway but need support identifying and engaging a farm partner.
Not sure which fits your situation? Get in touch, and ACMS will walk you through the options, discuss your context, and help identify the right approach for your organisation.

Proven. Across farms, countries, and cohorts.

AquaGrad is not a new idea. ACMS has run graduate training programmes across Sub-Saharan Africa for two years, across multiple countries and production systems. The results speak to what structured, commercially grounded training actually does for a farm team.

6

Cohorts completed across all sites

>50%

Of graduates retained into full-time positions on the farms where they trained

3

Countries where AquaGrad has been delivered

26

Skilled individuals entered the industry

COURSE CONTENT

WHO IT'S FOR

ANY ORGANISATION INTERESTED IN INVESTING IN THE FUTURE

AquaGrad is designed for organisations committed to developing the next generation of aquaculture professionals. Whether you're strengthening succession planning, building internal capability or investing in the future of the industry, AquaGrad provides a structured pathway to develop emerging talent.
Commercial Farms
Farms looking to bring in graduates and develop them into skilled farm managers, production technicians, or data analysts.
Investors & Farm Groups
Investment entities managing multiple farm sites that need a repeatable, scalable process for building internal talent across their portfolio.
Governments & NGOs
Development organisations running livelihoods or sector capacity-building programmes. ACMS can assist with farm identification, partner selection, and full programme management.
Always included
THE CORE PROGRAMME
  • All nine modules and structured content
  • Proven didactic approach and teaching methodology
  • Core learning outcomes and assessment criteria
  • Data-based decision focus throughout
  • Sequential module progression and platform access
  • Graduate mentorship
  • Programme facilitation
Tailored to you
YOUR OPTIONS
  • Programme duration: 6 or 12 months
  • Up to 10 participants per cohort, with multiple concurrent cohorts option for larger teams
  • Scheduling built around your production cycle and peak periods
  • Add-ons available: farm visits, extended mentorship, recruitment support
  • Facilitation intensity adjustable to your team's needs
  • Farm based practical training support

Interested in a Graduate Training Programme?

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University Engagements

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TAILORED PROGRAMMES

Your organisation. Your context. Training built by ACMS

Not every training need fits a pre-built programme. ACMS designs and delivers custom training from the ground up — shaped around YOU. Your species, your team, your operational challenges, or your goals.
  • Wide experience across species and systems
    ACMS has worked across tilapia, abalone, trout, catfish, marine fish, sea cucumber, seaweed, and aquafeed operations in 21 countries. That breadth means we understand the variables that make your context different.
  • Built for your people, not a generic audience
    We start by understanding who will be trained, what they already know, and what decisions they need to make better. The programme is then designed around that — not the other way around.
  • We come to you or deliver everything online
    ACMS can facilitate in-person sessions at your farm or facility, deliver everything remotely, or design a hybrid that combines both. We work across Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond.
  • Capability that outlasts the programme
    Our approach is grounded in building independent capability, not dependency. The goal is that your people can apply what they've learned without needing to call us for every decision.
DELIVERY FORMATS
In-person delivery
Self-paced online courses
Live facilitated online sessions
Drip-fed structured release
Hybrid
Blended with assessment

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