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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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