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“Shellfish Bed Worker” 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 “Shellfish Bed Worker”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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