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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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