Deep sea fishing boss - Salary and Career
Marine, river and deck fishermen

Deep sea fishing boss - Career description, activities, functions and salary

They navigate, dock and undock vessels, manage crew, operate vessel equipment, monitor vessel loading and unloading and control passenger embarkation and disembarkation. They record vessel data, supervise vessel maintenance, manage material and financial resources, manage nautical signaling and perform nautical signaling services.

How much does an Deep sea fishing boss earn

A Deep sea fishing boss earns between $2.085 and $4.427 per month, with an average monthly salary of $2.852 and a median salary of $3.041 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 717 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).


Salary ranges for the Deep sea fishing boss

Monthly Salary Annual Salary Salary Per Week Hourly Salary
Average wage 2.852 34.218 713 14
1º Quartile 2.085 25.017 521 10
Median Salary 3.041 36.492 760 14
3º Quartile 3.376 40.514 844 16
Higher Salary 4.427 53.123 1.107 21


Professional job categories

  • Middle level technicians
    • medium level technicians in transport services
      • technicians in air, sea and river navigation
        • marine, river and deck fishermen

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Main workplaces

Marine, river and deck fishermen the positions of this CBO family carry out their functions in waterway transport companies, maritime or river navigation, fishing industry or related and auxiliary transport activities. They are hired as salaried workers, with a formal contract. They are organized in the form of hierarchical work and work in open-air environments. In some occupations, professionals carry out their activities with permanent supervision, in others, with occasional supervision. Work in person and in some occupations at irregular hours. They work in uncomfortable positions for long periods, are subject to constant stress and the action of intense noise, vibration and vessel movement in other occupations. In some occupations, they still work in confined work conditions.


What does it take to work in the field of Marine, river and deck fishermen

These occupations are performed by people with completed elementary school education, plus a basic qualification course with more than four hundred hours in other occupations with a technical course (at high school level or complete high school). The full exercise of activities occurs after five years of professional experience.


Functions and activities of Deep sea fishing boss

Marine, river and deck fishermen must:

  • operate vessel equipment;
  • register vessel data/nautical signs;
  • mooring and unmooring vessels;
  • control passenger embarkation and disembarkation;
  • register vessel data/nautical signals;
  • manage crew;
  • manage material and financial resources;
  • moor and unmoor vessels;
  • supervise maintenance of vessel/nautical signs;
  • operating vessel equipment;
  • supervise vessel maintenance/nautical signs;
  • perform the nautical signaling services;
  • monitor vessel loading and unloading;
  • control embarkation and disembarkation of passengers;
  • browse vessels;
  • manage nautical signaling;
  • navigate vessels;
  • navigating vessels;
  • perform nautical signaling services;
  • demonstrate personal skills;

  • Activities

    • check cargo securing;
    • analyze depth conditions;
    • position the nautical signals;
    • perform maintenance of the vessel on the dock (docking);
    • activate machinery section, for mooring and unmooring;
    • share common spaces;
    • fill crew roll (crew roll);
    • activate machinery section, for berthing and unberthing;
    • monitor vessel draft;
    • work in adverse conditions;
    • monitor seaworthiness;
    • fill on board map for ibama;
    • train newbies;
    • report vessel position and estimated time of arrival;
    • fill in the cargo book;
    • operating fire and rescue equipment;
    • distribute tasks to garrison;
    • work in conditions of social isolation;
    • check cargo documentation;
    • identifying situations of imminent danger;
    • fill out crew roll (crew roll);
    • classify loads;
    • issue vessel readiness notification;
    • check passenger baggage;
    • request repair services;
    • train newbies;
    • operate sonar;
    • control the stock of spare nautical signs;
    • fill in deck loads and dangerous goods;
    • open and close holds (hatches);
    • inform receiving unit about cargo characteristics;
    • express yourself orally;
    • opening and closing holds (hatches);
    • monitor fish conservation conditions;
    • submit a nautical signaling project to the maritime authority;
    • operate echo sounder (echo sounder);
    • disclose health information;
    • operate capstan and windlass;
    • triggering vessel regulation lights;
    • perform nautical signals rotation;
    • fill out garbage dispatch documentation;
    • inspect deck equipment conditions;
    • write navigation log;
    • write minutes of meetings;
    • buy inputs;
    • maneuver vessels;
    • write communication diary;
    • check passenger lists;
    • operating pollution fighting equipment;
    • fill in deck loads and dangerous loads;
    • analyze vessel traffic conditions;
    • advise crew on unsafe conditions and acts;
    • mounting the nautical signals;
    • maneuvering vessels according to ripeam standards;
    • analyze tidal conditions;
    • analyze visibility conditions;
    • guid crew on environmental issues;
    • request materials;
    • lubricate deck equipment;
    • supervise vessel conservation conditions;
    • work as a team;
    • make a poita (concrete box);
    • pay crew;
    • inspect vessel's habitable compartments;
    • fill out nautical signal historical form;
    • positioning access and safety equipment;
    • write communication journal;
    • planning nautical signaling services;
    • guide crew for emergency situations;
    • assign personnel for loading and unloading;
    • towing vessels;
    • analyze wind conditions;
    • start the machinery section, for berthing and unberthing;
    • request food provisions;
    • request port support services;
    • work as a team;
    • simulate adverse situations for crew training;
    • control the stock of spare nautical signals;
    • show patience in carrying out activities;
    • lead crew;
    • adapt to the vessel's movement;
    • show self-control;
    • operate communication equipment;
    • activate navigation aids;
    • supervise the distribution of nautical signaling personnel (technicians and auxiliaries);
    • determine working hours;
    • inventory materials;
    • tracing navigation route;
    • develop nautical signaling projects for the maritime authority;
    • check cargo hold conditions;
    • inspect living quarters of vessel;
    • monitor cargo arrangement;
    • serve passengers in adverse situations;
    • position anchor for ready use;
    • guide the use of personal protective equipment;
    • instruct passengers to embark and disembark;
    • inspect vessel conservation conditions;
    • testing the electrical and electronic equipment of the nautical signals;
    • inspect repairs carried out on board;
    • order fuel, lubricants and water;
    • disclose rules and regulations;
    • inspect firefighting and rescue equipment;
    • complete checklist;
    • operate autopilot;
    • develop special instructions for nautical signaling;
    • update nautical charts and publications;
    • inspect provision of material to contain pollutants;
    • operate guidance equipment for geographic positioning;
    • operate loading and unloading winch;
    • manure helm;
    • manning bridge;
    • operating guidance equipment for geographic positioning;
    • perform nautical signal maintenance;
    • supervise the control of the historical record of nautical signals;
    • develop loading plan;
    • start the machinery section, for mooring and unmooring;
    • inventory materials;
    • display vessel for passengers;
    • apply warnings and other punishments;
    • exchange information with support station;
    • check cargo conditions;
    • repair nautical signal structures and equipment;
    • check cargo lashing;
    • manage onboard costing;
    • make decisions under unfavorable conditions;
    • tow vessels;
    • organize vessel and cargo documentation;
    • fill out cargo book;
    • instruct passengers on in-flight rules and regulations;
    • inspect conditions of working and mooring cables;
    • issue documentation for entry, exit and stay in port;
    • monitor navigability conditions;
    • inspect operational conditions of anchoring and mooring equipment;


    Sectors that hire Deep sea fishing boss the most in the job market

    • saltwater fishing
    • saltwater crustacean and mollusc fishing
    • manufacture of canned fish, crustaceans and molluscs
    • wholesale of fish and seafood
    • preservation of fish, crustaceans and molluscs
    • support activities for saltwater fishing
    • road transport of cargo, except dangerous goods and removals, intercity, interstate and international
    • fishmonger
    • other waterway transport
    • higher education - undergraduate and postgraduate




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