Commercial Aquaponics Trainings in Hawaii
Commercial Aquaponics Trainings
We offer a group Commercial Aquaponics training that is scheduled twice a year, and a Personal Intensive Aquaponics training (which is the same thing focused on just you and your project). Designed for people who want to make money feeding other people (but as we say “Don’t quit your day job just yet!”) These commercial aquaponics systems grow a lot of food in a small space with high-energy efficiency, but our trainings will not magically turn you into a businessperson. Please make sure you get training on running a business from local sources.
Both Commercial Aquaponics Trainings include: a step-by-step “Construction Manual” that makes it easy for anyone to build a system; a set of detailed CAD plans including site plans and piping schematics; an “Aquaponics Course Manual” covering all aspects of aquaponics, including day-to-day operation of the system, and an operations manual with checklist covering the day-to-day operations of a commercial aquaponics system. There are complete plans and materials lists included for six different sizes of aquaponics systems from 64 square feet in area up to 4,096 square feet in area, so you can easily build a small, inexpensive system to gain experience and confidence with aquaponics, then graduate to the larger systems.
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Your Personal Trainers for the Commercial Aquaponics Trainings:
Susanne Friend, the owner of the company (with degrees in biology and chemistry) is your personal trainer for questions and issues regarding organic certification, plant and fish diseases, sales and marketing, value-added processing, fish hatchery and nursery design and operation, water and aeration questions, and water quality questions.
Tim Mann (technical staff) has been doing architectural and civil engineering design and drafting since 1990, and was an authorized AutoCAD dealer for 7 years during that period. Tim handles comprehensive system design and site-specific aquaponics questions as well as technical issues having to do with tank, piping, aeration, pumping, and electrical design. Tim also supplies civil, structural, electrical, and mechanical engineering services through the consultants he works with, at very reasonable package prices for those projects needing code-compliant plans and certifications for their local building departments.
Taking either the group Commercial or the Personal Intensive training is the first step in becoming a Friendly Aquaponics Affiliate (click here for more details on our Affiliate Program)
Enroll now for 2010 Aquaponics Training to reserve your space!
Aquaponics Consulting Services
If we’ve done our job with whichever of our offerings you purchase (the group training, the personal intensive, or the Do-It-Myself package), you shouldn’t need to pay for any consulting from anyone. That said, we are always available to help you be successful with aquaponics. One place consulting services could be particularly valuable is in a large start-up operation where sophisticated systems planning and site design needs to be done to ensure success while dealing with multiple variables. You can always email us; although usually swamped, we do our best to answer all questions from our clients.
