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skipper
A professional who commands fishing vessel crew engaged in catching fish and other marine life. Responsibilities include:
- Interviews, hires, and gives instructions to crew, and assigns crew to watches and quarters.
- Plots courses on navigation charts and computes positions, using standard navigation aids, such as compass, sextant, clock, radio fix, and navigation tables.
- Steers vessel and operates electronic equipment, such as radio, sonic depth finder, and radar.
- Directs fishing operations, using knowledge of fishing grounds and work load capacities of vessel and crew.
- Records daily activities in ship's log.
- May purchase supplies and equipment for boat, such as food, fuel, webbing, rope, and cable.
- May tow and maneuver fish barges at cannery wharf.
- May contact buyers and make arrangements for sale of catch.
- May buy fish for resale and be designated Buy-Boat Operator, or haul fish from other fishing vessels to cannery and be designated Captain, Cannery Tender.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Synonym(s): fishing_vessel_captain
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- Industry/Domain: Professional careers
- Category: Occupational titles
- Company: U.S. DOL
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