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“Landing Worker” will probably be replaced by robots.

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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 “Landing Worker”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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