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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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