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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 “Chute Greaser”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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