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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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