Fishing Leading Hand
What the work is
Supervises Fishing Hands to ensure safe, efficient and effective fishing operations, preservation of quality catch, and cleanliness and maintenance of workplace.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Ensures fishing gear is rigged to correct specifications, including legislated requirements
- Supervises the operation, cleaning and maintenance of vessel deck machinery and lifting appliances
- Oversees offboarding of catches
- Conducts fishing operations-specific safety drills
- Organises and trains Fishing Hands, and supervises fishing work routines and day-to-day fishing operations
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a fictional mixed farm and orchard in a river valley, with a small crew, tractors and a packing shed. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- Harvest goes smoothly, the crew finishes early and the fruit is perfect
- You spot a pest or a watering problem early and save a whole block
- A new worker you trained runs a task on their own for the first time
Hard days
- A storm or heatwave hits at the worst possible moment in the season
- A machine breaks down on the day the crop has to be picked
- A rushed picking crew, a tight truck deadline and a quality problem you cannot ignore
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 343132, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.