| Job Title |
Shellfish-bed Worker |
| Job Description |
Cultivates And Harvests Shellfish By Performing Any
Combination Of Following Duties: Loads Marking Stakes On Barge,
And Moves Barge To Shellfish Bed. Drives Stakes Into Mud In
Pattern Specified By Shellfish Grower (fishing & Hunt.), Using
Sledgehammer. Sows Spat By Scattering It Within Staked
Enclosure. Covers Seeded Area With Mixture Of Sand And Broken
Shells Of Shellfish Onto Which Spat Attaches, Using Shovel.
Wades In Shellfish Bed And Digs Or Rakes For Shellfish, Using
Rake, Fork, And Spade. Treads In Water And Feels For Shellfish
With Bare Feet, Gathers Shellfish, And Drops Them Into
Container. Reaches From Boat With Rake-tongs And Gropes For
Shellfish By Moving Handles To Open And Close Tongs. Drags Brail
Rod (pipe With Series Of Hooks Attached) Behind Powerboat To
Pull Shellfish From Mud. Rigs And Lowers Dredge Into Shellfish
Bed From Mast And Boom Of Powerboat, Using Block And Tackle.
Hoists Dredge And Pulls Dump Ring To Empty Catch. Picks Out
Market-size Shellfish From Catch, And Replants Smaller Ones.
Packs And Ices Marketable Shellfish In Containers For Shipment.
Unloads Loose Shellfish From Boat, Using Shovel. May Be
Designated According To Type Of Shellfish Bed Worked As Clam-bed
Worker (fishing & Hunt.); Oyster-bed Worker (fishing & Hunt.);
Shellfish Harvested As Fisher, Clam (fishing & Hunt.); Fisher,
Oyster (fishing & Hunt.); Or Task Performed As Clam Digger
(fishing & Hunt.); Oyster Unloader (fishing & Hunt.). May Be
Designated: Clam Tonger (fishing & Hunt.); Clam Treader (fishing
& Hunt.); Fisher, Mussel (fishing & Hunt.); Fisher, Quahog
(fishing & Hunt.); Fisher, Scallop (fishing & Hunt.); Oyster
Dredger (fishing & Hunt.); Oyster Picker (fishing & Hunt.);
Oyster Tonger (fishing & Hunt.); Oyster Worker (fishing &
Hunt.); Scallop Dredger (fishing & Hunt.); Scallop Raker
(fishing & Hunt.).
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