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“Boat Puller” 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 “Boat Puller”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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