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“Bait Man” will probably be replaced by robots.

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Job Description

Use nets, fishing rods, traps, or other equipment to catch and gather fish or other aquatic animals from rivers, lakes, or oceans, for human consumption or other uses. May haul game onto ship.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 45-3011.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 30,740.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 14.00
Currently, there are 520 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Fishers and Related Fishing Workers”.

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Tasks for “Bait Man”

Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.

Related Technology & Tools

Marine radar reflectors
Trolling blocks
Radio direction finders RDF
Otter trawls
Hook counters
Personal computers
Pulse trawls
Strobe lights
Immersion suits
Shrimp winches
Laptop computers
Trawlers
Very high frequency VHF radiotelephone systems
Anchors
Fishing pliers
Stake nets
Fishing poles
Gaffs
Danish seines
Hand crimpers
Boat hooks
Pair trawls
Jigging machines
Bait nets
Scuba diving equipment
Beach seines
Foam-filled marine fenders
Marine first aid equipment
Fish pots
Electric bottom-fishing reels
Eel traps
Half-face respirators
Trammel nets
Longline spools
Stow nets
Longline snaps
Longline blocks
Hydraulic capstans
Commercial fishing line sinkers
Hydraulic windlasses
Trap harnesses
Line haulers
Trotlines
Triplex trawls
Fishing spears
Hook timers
Crab pots
Mooring buoys
Slat boxes
Thimbles
Fishing dredges
Commercial fish or shark hooks
Inflatable life rafts
Wood shell blocks
Anchor release hooks
Dip nets
Crab nets
Commercial fishing vessel lifeboats
Pot haulers
Marine sextants
Chain stoppers
Downriggers
Crab tongs
Leader carts
Marine hard hats
Net haulers
Ice shovels
Large decked fishing vessels
Marine fire extinguishers
Net cleaning machines
Life throw rings
Bullet buoys
Magnetic compasses
Sink lines
Set nets
Seiners
Snatch blocks
Fishing utility knives
Dogbones
Fixed blade knives
Multibeam sonar equipment
Bilge pumping systems
Gillnetters
Distress flags
Deck winches
Gill nets
Radio buoys
Digital spring balance scales
Pneumatic marine fenders
Planers
Hoop nets
Emergency position-indicating radio beacons
Tablet computers
Drogues
Fishing life preservers
Gypsy hoists
Groundlines
Wire rope cutters
Scottish seines
Hand windlasses
Acorn buoys
Drift nets
Weir traps
Undecked fishing vessels
Balloon trawls
Handlines
Mooring lines
Harpoons
Fathometer sonar equipment
Bait freezers
Trollers
Lobster traps
Power blocks
Jigs
Hook files
Fishing scissors
Fishing rowboats
Safety vests
Longline haulers
Hand capstans
Anchor chains
Electric windlasses
Float lines
Distress flares
Polyballs
Fishing dinghies
Line setters
Marine radar navigation systems
Fish tag guns
Brailers
Cast nets
Toggles
Searchlight sonars
Fish finders
Midwater trawls
Purse seines
Pound nets
Small decked fishing vessels
Skiffs
Lobster pots
Fish magnets
Dehookers
Satellite radios
Fish transfer pumps
Knuckle-boom cranes
Bench-mounted crimpers

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