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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 “Waterman”

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.
Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
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.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
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.
Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
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.
Stand lookout for schools of fish, and for steering and engine-room watches.
Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Share fishing expertise through activities such as writing for fishing magazines, hosting television shows, or testing and endorsing fishing equipment.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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