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Fishing and Hunting Worker resume example

A resume for a Fishing and Hunting Worker needs to show the work itself: hunt, trap, catch, or gather wild animals or aquatic animals and plants. Day to day that means work like this: patrol trap lines or nets to inspect settings, remove catch, and reset or relocate traps; obtain permission from landowners to hunt or trap on their land. Recruiters and applicant tracking systems both read for the tasks and tools this role actually involves, so the strongest resume names them in your own experience rather than describing the job in the abstract. Below are the tasks O*NET records for this occupation, the software and tools it uses, the titles it is advertised under, and the skills worth naming if they are genuinely yours.

Also advertised as

The same job is posted under many titles. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.

  • Commercial Fisherman
  • Hunter
  • Trapper
  • Wildlife Control Operator
  • Commercial Fishing Vessel Operator
  • Deckhand
  • Fisherman
  • Fur Trapper
  • Nuisance Wildlife Trapper
  • Urban Wildlife Damage Control Specialist
  • Abalone Fisherman
  • Albacore Fishing Boat Crewman
  • Alligator Hunter
  • Alligator Trapper
  • Animal Bounty Hunter
  • Animal Control Specialist
  • Animal Damage Control Agent
  • Animal Trapper

O*NET records 40 titles for this occupation in total.

What this work actually involves

Tasks recorded for this occupation, in O*NET's words. If your experience covers one of these, it belongs on your resume in your own words.

  • Patrol trap lines or nets to inspect settings, remove catch, and reset or relocate traps.
  • Obtain permission from landowners to hunt or trap on their land.
  • Travel on foot, by vehicle, or by equipment such as boats, snowmobiles, helicopters, snowshoes, or skis to reach hunting areas.
  • Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
  • Skin quarry, using knives, and stretch pelts on frames to be cured.
  • Maintain and repair trapping equipment.
  • Scrape fat, blubber, or flesh from skin sides of pelts with knives or hand scrapers.
  • Put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used.
  • Maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment and perform minor repairs.
  • Sort, pack, and store catch in holds with salt and ice.
  • Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
  • Locate fish, using fish-finding equipment.

30 tasks are recorded in total; these are the most central.

Example bullets for this role

Built from this occupation's own tasks. The brackets stay empty on purpose: we will not invent a number for you, and a fabricated metric is the fastest way to lose an interview you had already won.

  • Patrol trap lines or nets to inspect settings, remove catch, and reset or relocate traps, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Obtain permission from landowners to hunt or trap on their land, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Travel on foot, by vehicle, or by equipment such as boats, snowmobiles, helicopters, snowshoes, or skis to reach hunting areas, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].

Software used in this role

Recorded for this occupation by O*NET. An applicant tracking system matches the exact product name, so write the tool the way the posting writes it.

  • Catchlog Trading Catchlog
  • DeerDays
  • Inventory management systems
  • MaxSea Time Zero Navigator NOAA
  • MaxSea TIMEZERO
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • OLRAC Electronic Logbook Software Solution
  • P-Sea WindPlot
  • Signet Nobeltec Catch
  • Strat-Tech Deer Hunting Expert
  • Trimble MyTopo Terrain Navigator Pro
  • Winchester Ammunition Ballistics Calculator

Tools and equipment

The physical equipment this occupation is recorded as using. Worth naming when a posting asks for it by name.

  • Acorn buoys
  • Air horns
  • All terrain vehicles ATV
  • Ammunition magazines
  • Anchor chains
  • Anchor release hooks
  • Anchors
  • Arrow pullers
  • Arrow rests
  • Arrow sharpeners
  • Arrow squaring devices
  • Arrow straighteners

What this job rates as most important

O*NET rates every skill for importance to this occupation. These are the highest rated, in order.

  1. 01Critical Thinking

Knowledge areas

The subject knowledge this occupation draws on, rated by importance.

  • Law and Government
  • Mechanical

What level this role is pitched at

O*NET places this occupation in “Little or No Preparation Needed”. Some of these occupations may require a high school diploma or GED certificate.

Little or no previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, a person can become a waiter or waitress even if he/she has never worked before.

Common questions

What does a Fishing and Hunting Worker do?
Hunt, trap, catch, or gather wild animals or aquatic animals and plants. Day to day that includes work like patrol trap lines or nets to inspect settings, remove catch, and reset or relocate traps and Obtain permission from landowners to hunt or trap on their land.
What skills should a Fishing and Hunting Worker put on a resume?
O*NET rates Critical Thinking among the most important skills for this occupation. Name the ones that are genuinely yours and show where you used them. A resume that lists skills you do not have is weaker than one that lists fewer.
What software should a Fishing and Hunting Worker list?
Software recorded for this occupation includes Catchlog Trading Catchlog, DeerDays, Inventory management systems, MaxSea Time Zero Navigator NOAA, and MaxSea TIMEZERO. Applicant tracking systems match on the exact product name, so write the tool as the posting writes it rather than describing it in general terms.
What other job titles cover Fishing and Hunting Worker work?
O*NET records 40 titles for this occupation, including Commercial Fisherman, Hunter, Trapper, and Wildlife Control Operator. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.
Will this resume pass an ATS for a Fishing and Hunting Worker role?
No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer's system is configured, including ours. What you can control is that the resume parses cleanly, names the work in the words the posting uses, and does not claim anything you cannot back up.

Related roles

Occupations O*NET records as closest to this one, and worth looking at if this search is not moving.

What this page cannot tell you

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  • This page makes no claim about pay, demand or how many people hold this job. O*NET does not publish that here and we will not estimate it.
  • Keyword overlap is one input to a resume’s score, not a verdict on you. A resume that names skills you do not have is worse than one that names fewer.

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