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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 “Digger”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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