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Career Description

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.

What Job Titles Fishing and Hunting Workers Might Have

• Commercial Fisherman
• Hunter
• Trapper
• Wildlife Control Operator

What Fishing and Hunting Workers Do

• Patrol trap lines or nets to inspect settings, remove catch, and reset or relocate traps.
• Obtain permission from landowners to hunt or trap on their land.
• Travel on foot, by vehicle, or by equipment such as boats, snowmobiles, helicopters, snowshoes, or skis to reach hunting areas.
• Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
• Skin quarry, using knives, and stretch pelts on frames to be cured.
• Maintain and repair trapping equipment.
• Scrape fat, blubber, or flesh from skin sides of pelts with knives or hand scrapers.
• Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
• Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
• Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
• Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
• Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
• Obtain required approvals for using poisons or traps, and notify persons in areas where traps and poison are set.
• Track animals by checking for signs such as droppings or destruction of vegetation.
• Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts.
• 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.
• Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges.
• Participate in animal damage control, wildlife management, disease control, and research activities.
• Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers.
• Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
• Release quarry from traps or nets and transfer to cages.
• Kill or stun trapped quarry, using clubs, poisons, guns, or drowning methods.
• Wash and sort pelts according to species, color, and quality.
• Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water.
• Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps.
• Teach or guide individuals or groups unfamiliar with specific hunting methods or types of prey.
• 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.
• Direct fishing or hunting operations, and supervise crew members.
• Oversee the purchase of supplies, gear, and equipment.

What Fishing and Hunting Workers Should Be Good At

• Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.

What Fishing and Hunting Workers Should Be Interested In

• Realistic - Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.

What Fishing and Hunting Workers Need to Learn

• Law and Government - Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Biology - Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.