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“Vessel Crew Member” 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 “Vessel Crew Member”

Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
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.
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.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
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.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
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.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
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.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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