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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 Tender”

Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
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.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
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.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
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.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
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.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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