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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”

Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
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.
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.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
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.
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.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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