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“Chain 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 “Chain Puller”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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