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fishing net maker

Fishing net makers make and assemble fishing net gear and carry out reparation and maintenance, as directed by the drawings and/or traditional methods.

fishing net maker fishing net makers make and assemble fishing net gear and carry out reparation and maintenance, as directed by the drawings and/or traditional methods. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include fishing gear, pollution prevention, repair sailing equipment, fisheries management, fishing vessels.

AI exposure
5.0/10
automation risk

Pay in the UK

UK: median £27,915 a year for Textile process operatives (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)

UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 8112). ONS rates this estimate reasonably precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)

Pay in India (occupation group)

Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Craft and related trades workers” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only fishing net maker, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.

Urban India
₹17,819 a month
Rural India
₹15,532 a month
All India
₹16,773 a month

Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 7. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report

Top skills

fishing gear pollution prevention repair sailing equipment fisheries management fishing vessels risks associated with undertaking fishing operations quality of fish products work in outdoor conditions use fishing vessel equipment handle cargo

Knowledge you'll build

  • Geography
  • Mechanical
  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Law and Government
  • Biology
  • Sales and Marketing
  • English Language
  • Education and Training

What you'd actually do

  • Steer vessels and operate navigational instruments.
  • Remove catches from fishing equipment and measure them to ensure compliance with legal size.
  • Direct fishing or hunting operations, and supervise crew members.
  • Interpret weather and vessel conditions to determine appropriate responses.
  • Travel on foot, by vehicle, or by equipment such as boats, snowmobiles, helicopters, snowshoes, or skis to reach hunting areas.
  • 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.

Tools & technology you'd use

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Frequently asked questions

What does fishing net maker do?

Fishing net makers make and assemble fishing net gear and carry out reparation and maintenance, as directed by the drawings and/or traditional methods.

What skills does fishing net maker need?

The most in-demand skills for this role include fishing gear, pollution prevention, repair sailing equipment, fisheries management, fishing vessels, risks associated with undertaking fishing operations. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Will AI replace fishing net maker?

Our AI-durability model gives fishing net maker a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.

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