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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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