# Fishing and Hunting Workers

> 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.

- **SOC code:** 45-3031.00
- **Canonical URL:** https://singulariki.com/roles/role-45-3031-00
- **Also known as:** Deckhand, Lobster Fisherman, Nuisance Trapper, Trapper, Commercial Fisherman, Commercial Fishing Vessel Operator, Fisherman, Fur Trapper
- **Frame:** "AI exposure" means task overlap (how codifiable the work is), not jobs lost or a forecast. Every figure below is traced to a named public dataset.

## What this work is

**Core tasks** (O*NET):
- Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
- Scrape fat, blubber, or flesh from skin sides of pelts with knives or hand scrapers.
- Patrol trap lines or nets to inspect settings, remove catch, and reset or relocate traps.
- Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
- Direct fishing or hunting operations, and supervise crew members.
- Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.
- Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
- Kill or stun trapped quarry, using clubs, poisons, guns, or drowning methods.
- Travel on foot, by vehicle, or by equipment such as boats, snowmobiles, helicopters, snowshoes, or skis to reach hunting areas.
- Maintain and repair trapping equipment.
- Obtain permission from landowners to hunt or trap on their land.
- 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.

**Emerging tasks** (O*NET):
- Operate and maintain drone technology for aerial surveillance of hunting and fishing areas.

## Skills, tools, capabilities

**Knowledge, skills & abilities** (O*NET, highest importance first):
- Spatial Orientation _(ability)_
- Far Vision _(ability)_
- Static Strength _(ability)_
- Flexibility of Closure _(ability)_
- Trunk Strength _(ability)_
- Near Vision _(ability)_
- Geography _(knowledge)_
- Mechanical _(knowledge)_
- Problem Sensitivity _(ability)_
- Inductive Reasoning _(ability)_
- Arm-Hand Steadiness _(ability)_
- Customer and Personal Service _(knowledge)_

**Skills in demand:**
- Geography _(Specialized Skill)_
- Inductive Reasoning _(Common Skill)_
- Biology _(Specialized Skill)_
- Depth Perception _(Common Skill)_
- Deductive Reasoning _(Common Skill)_
- Critical Thinking _(Common Skill)_
- English Language _(Common Skill)_
- Microsoft Excel _(Common Skill)_
- Time Management _(Common Skill)_
- Speech Recognition _(Specialized Skill)_
- Information Ordering _(Specialized Skill)_
- Finger Dexterity _(Common Skill)_

**Tools & technology:**
- Microsoft Excel _(hot technology)_
- Microsoft Office software _(hot technology)_
- Catchlog Trading Catchlog
- DeerDays
- Inventory management systems
- MaxSea Time Zero Navigator NOAA
- MaxSea TIMEZERO
- OLRAC Electronic Logbook Software Solution
- P-Sea WindPlot
- Signet Nobeltec Catch
- Strat-Tech Deer Hunting Expert
- Trimble MyTopo Terrain Navigator Pro

## AI exposure & outlook

- **AI task-overlap index:** 10th percentile (Low) across all occupations — composite of current-era exposure studies (ai-exposure-index-v1).
- **LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou):** 13th percentile (Low) — source: eloundou_gamma.
- **AI assistant applicability (Microsoft):** 16th percentile (Low) — source: microsoft_applicability.
- **Projected employment (BLS 2024–34):** -4.6% growth (Declining); 2.8k annual openings; 21.9k → 20.9k jobs.

## Sources

- **O*NET** (30.3) — U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS Employment Projections** (2024–2034) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **Microsoft “Working with AI”** (working-with-ai) — Microsoft Research. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/
- **“GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.)** (arXiv 2303.10130) — OpenAI / academic. https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10130

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_Generated from Singulariki's joined dataset; data snapshot 2026-06-02T21:00:32.945303+00:00. https://singulariki.com/roles/role-45-3031-00_