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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 “Beachman”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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