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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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