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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 “Sponge Clipper”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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