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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 “Deep Sea Diver”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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