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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 “Boat Deckhand”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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