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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.
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.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
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.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
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.
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.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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