- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
A professional who assembles and repairs nets on shore and aboard ship. Respnsibilities include:
* Assembles, ties, and adjusts various webbing material, floats, weights, rings, and ropes to make gill nets, purse seines, reef nets, and trawls, using knife and twine-filled bobbin shuttle.
* Hoists net into ship's rigging to dry after fishing operations, using block and tackle, and repairs holes and tears in webbing.
* Gives direction to workers engaged in taking down nets.
* May retrieve lost nets from water.
* May participate in fishing.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs any combination of following duties aboard fishing vessel. Respnsibilities include:
* Stands lookout, steering, and engine-room watches.
* Attaches nets, slings, hooks, and other lifting devices to cables, booms, and hoists.
* Loads equipment and supplies aboard vessel by hand or using hoisting equipment.
* Signals other workers to move, hoist, and position loads.
* Rows boats and dinghies and operates skiffs to transport fishers, divers, and sponge hookers and to tow and position nets.
* Attaches accessories, such as floats, weights, and markers to nets and lines.
* Pulls and guides nets and lines onto vessel.
* Removes fish from nets and hooks.
* Sorts and cleans marine life and returns undesirable and illegal catch to sea.
* Places catch in containers and stows in hold and covers with salt and ice.
* Washes deck, conveyors, knives and other equipment, using brush, detergent, and water.
* Lubricates, adjusts, and makes minor repairs to engines and equipment.
* Secures and removes vessel's docking lines to and from docks and other vessels.
* May be designated according to type of vessel worked as Deckhand, Clam Dredge; Deckhand, Crab Boat; Deckhand, Oyster Dredge; Deckhand, Shrimp Boat; Deckhand, Sponge Boat; Deckhand, Tuna Boat.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who attends fish and other aquatic life in aquarium exhibits. Respnsibilities include:
* Prepares food and feeds fish according to schedule.
* Cleans tanks and removes algae from tank windows.
* Attends to aquatic plants and decorations in displays.
* Collects and compares water samples to color-coded chart for acid analysis and monitors thermometers to ascertain water temperature.
* Adjusts thermostat and adds chemicals to water to maintain specified water conditions.
* Observes fish to detect disease and injuries, reports condition to supervisor, and treats fish according to instructions.
* May fire sedation gun and assist crew expedition members in collection of aquatic life.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who attends fish and other aquatic life in aquarium exhibits. Respnsibilities include:
* Prepares food and feeds fish according to schedule.
* Cleans tanks and removes algae from tank windows.
* Attends to aquatic plants and decorations in displays.
* Collects and compares water samples to color-coded chart for acid analysis and monitors thermometers to ascertain water temperature.
* Adjusts thermostat and adds chemicals to water to maintain specified water conditions.
* Observes fish to detect disease and injuries, reports condition to supervisor, and treats fish according to instructions.
* May fire sedation gun and assist crew expedition members in collection of aquatic life.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who spreads freshly harvested oysters in shallow barge or float so constructed that water flows over oysters to afford temporary oyster storage.
* Oysters taken from beds exposed to sewage are usually floated in water of specified degree of salinity as designated by health authorities until oysters are free of impurities.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in planting, cultivating, and harvesting seedling forest trees and grading, bundling, baling, or otherwise packing trees for storage or shipment at forest nursery.
* Performs duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in planting, shearing, thinning, and harvesting Christmas trees on company-owned or leased land tracts. Respnsibilities include:
* Tours land tracts to ascertain conditions and estimate work-hour requirements to plant, cultivate, or harvest trees.
* Confers with management to report conditions of lands and crops, recommend actions to be taken, and obtain instructions regarding variety and number of trees per acre to plant, cultural practices to apply, and harvesting date and location.
* Trains workers in planting, shearing, or harvesting trees.
* Performs duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in planting, shearing, thinning, and harvesting Christmas trees on company-owned or leased land tracts. Respnsibilities include:
* Tours land tracts to ascertain conditions and estimate work-hour requirements to plant, cultivate, or harvest trees.
* Confers with management to report conditions of lands and crops, recommend actions to be taken, and obtain instructions regarding variety and number of trees per acre to plant, cultural practices to apply, and harvesting date and location.
* Trains workers in planting, shearing, or harvesting trees.
* Performs duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who plants, cultivates, and harvests evergreen trees on Christmas-tree farm. Respnsibilities include:
* Removes brush, ferns, and other growth from planting area, using mattock and brush-hook.
* Plants seedlings, using mattock or dibble.
* Scatters fertilizer pellets over planted areas by hand.
* Shears tops and limb tips from trees, using machete and pruning shears, to control growth, increase limb density, and improve shape.
* Selects trees for cutting according to markings or size, specie, and grade, and fells trees, using ax or chain saw.
* Drags cut trees from cutting area, and loads trees onto trucks.
* May be designated according to seasonal task performed.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who grades and tags trees in sorting yard of Christmas tree farm. Respnsibilities include:
* Gauges height of tree, using marked increments on conveyor belt.
* Turns tree, examines limbs and foliage for color and growth pattern, and determines grade according to standards chart.
* Staples color-coded grade tags to tree limbs, using hand stapler.
Industry:Professional careers
