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“Clam Sorter” 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 “Clam Sorter”

Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
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.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
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.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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