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What Do Fisher and Related Fishing Worker Do?

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.

  • Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
  • Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Fishers and Related Fishing Workers state the following job skills are important in their day-to-day work.

Operation and Control: Controlling operations of equipment or systems.

Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Operation Monitoring: Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.

Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

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Although they’re not necessarily needed for all jobs, the following technologies are used by many Fishers and Related Fishing Workers:

What kind of Fisher and Related Fishing Worker requirements are there?

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