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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 “Second Officer”

Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
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.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
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.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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