Fishing and Hunting Workers

What the job really is

Hunt, trap, catch, or gather wild animals or aquatic animals and plants. May use nets, traps, or other equipment. May haul catch onto ship or other vessel.

At a glance

• Sector: Farming, Fishing & Forestry
• O*NET-SOC code: 45-3031
• O*NET job zone: 2 — some preparation
• Work sample tasks on file: 12
• Tools and technologies listed: 12

What you actually do

Work sample tasks recorded for this occupation:

• Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
• Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
• Direct fishing or hunting operations, and supervise crew members.
• Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
• Travel on foot, by vehicle, or by equipment such as boats, snowmobiles, helicopters, snowshoes, or skis to reach hunting areas.
• Select, bait, and set traps, and lay poison along trails, according to species, size, habits, and environs of birds or animals and reasons for trapping them.
• 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.
• Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
• 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.
• Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment.

Tools and technology

Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Acorn buoys, Air horns, All terrain vehicles ATV, Ammunition magazines, Anchor chains, Anchor release hooks, Anchors, Arrow pullers, Arrow rests, Arrow sharpeners

What employers expect you to already be comfortable with.

Where this job leads

Related occupations — the usual moves up and sideways:

• Sailors and Marine Oilers
• Motorboat Operators
• Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels
• Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals
• Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
• Forest and Conservation Workers
• Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
• Agricultural Equipment Operators

Getting in

O*NET assigns this occupation job zone 2 (some preparation). The related occupations above are the realistic routes in and out.

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