According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Patrol trap lines or nets to inspect settings, remove catch, and reset or relocate traps. | 94% |
| Obtain permission from landowners to hunt or trap on their land. | 94% |
| Travel on foot, by vehicle, or by equipment such as boats, snowmobiles, helicopters, snowshoes, or skis to reach hunting areas. | 92% |
| Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments. | 89% |
| Skin quarry, using knives, and stretch pelts on frames to be cured. | 88% |
| Maintain and repair trapping equipment. | 87% |
| Scrape fat, blubber, or flesh from skin sides of pelts with knives or hand scrapers. | 87% |
| Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used. | 87% |
| Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs. | 86% |
| Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice. | 86% |
| Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size. | 86% |
| Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment. | 86% |
| Obtain required approvals for using poisons or traps, and notify persons in areas where traps and poison are set. | 84% |
| Track animals by checking for signs such as droppings or destruction of vegetation. | 84% |
| Harvest marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, or tackle. | 84% |
| Compute positions and plot courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts. | 82% |
| 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. | 81% |
| Attach nets, slings, hooks, blades, or lifting devices to cables, booms, hoists, or dredges. | 81% |
| Participate in animal damage control, wildlife management, disease control, and research activities. | 81% |
| Transport fish to processing plants or to buyers. | 80% |
| Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses. | 80% |
| Release quarry from traps or nets and transfer to cages. | 80% |
| Kill or stun trapped quarry, using clubs, poisons, guns, or drowning methods. | 79% |
| Wash and sort pelts according to species, color, and quality. | 77% |
| Wash decks, conveyors, knives, and other equipment, using brushes, detergents, and water. | 77% |
| Connect accessories such as floats, weights, flags, lights, or markers to nets, lines, or traps. | 76% |
| Teach or guide individuals or groups unfamiliar with specific hunting methods or types of prey. | 74% |
| Load and unload vessel equipment and supplies, by hand or using hoisting equipment. | 73% |
