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“Net Repairer” 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 “Net Repairer”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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