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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 “Billet Cutter”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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