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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 “Derrick Follower”

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.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
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.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
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.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
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.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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