Will “Derrick Follower” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

83% Chance of Automation

“Derrick Follower” will probably be replaced by robots.

This job is ranked #456 out of #702. A higher ranking (i.e., a lower number) means the job is less likely to be replaced.

Care to share? Click for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or XING. 👍

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”.

Also Known As…

Tasks for “Derrick Follower”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

Catchlog Trading Catchlog
OLRAC Electronic Logbook Software Solution
MaxSea Time Zero Navigator NOAA
P-Sea WindPlot
Signet Nobeltec Catch
MaxSea TIMEZERO