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83% Chance of Automation

“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”

Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
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.
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.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
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.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
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.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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