On Saturday and Sunday, I had my first two apprenticeships as an aquarist assistant. Because I am a weekend volunteer, scheduling these has been difficult. There are nine aquarists, and they take turns covering weekends, so any single aquarist only works every four or five weekends. My aquarist, Keri, was on vacation for much of December, so this ( Read more... )

Today was our final day of aquarist training. Thank goodness, we have our Saturdays back for the first time (with one exception) since early September! For this final class, we started with the exam, then had a few more lectures, which were admittedly lighter now that everyone wasn't feeling pressured to cram in everything for the exam ( Read more... )

About a month ago, Bobby and I were accepted at the National Aquarium in Baltimore as aquarist assistants. It is an unpaid position requiring at least one four-hour shift every other week, so it is not a huge workload, but it is a foot in the door of a field in which we both hope to eventually work.

Yesterday, we had our first day of training.

( First Day of Aquarist-Assistant Training )