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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”

Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
Club or gaff large fish to enable hauling them into fishing vessel.
Hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties.
Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.
Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle.
Estimate costs of operations and plan fishing season budgets accordingly.
Signal other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
Return undesirable or illegal catches to the water.
Participate in wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
Pull and guide nets, traps, and lines onto vessels, 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.
Monitor distribution of proceeds from sales of catches to ensure that crew members receive their prearranged portions.
Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment such as fuel, netting, and cables.
Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
Sell catches by contacting and negotiating with buyers or by sending catches to fish auctions.
Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
Plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip.
Operate rowboats, dinghies, or skiffs to transport fishers, divers, or sponge hookers or to tow and position fishing equipment.
Record in logbooks specifics of fishing activities such as dates, harvest areas, yields, and weather and sea conditions.
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.
Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
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.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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