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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”

Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
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.
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.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
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.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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