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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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