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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 “Roller”

Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
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.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
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.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
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.
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.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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