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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 “Troller”

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.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
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.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
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.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
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.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position 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.
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.
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.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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