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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 “Chainer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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