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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 “Clam Digger”

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.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
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.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
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.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
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.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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