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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 “Mule Rider”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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