Elements and Performance Criteria
- Organise work area to adjust fishing gear
- Select required fishing gear and equipment, including personal protective equipment, according to fishing operations plan
- Identify and rectify unsafe and inefficient aspects of the work area
- Give team members clear instructions about the task and methods to be used
- Ensure necessary resources required for the task are readily available
- Check tools, equipment and techniques devised for maintaining and readying fishing devices for deployment are appropriate for planned operations
- Adjust components of fishing gear to optimise catch
- Assess effectiveness of fishing gear against workplace criteria to determine whether fishing gear is sub-optimal
- Make observations on catch and fishing device components to provide data on position, symmetry and performance
- Assess effectiveness of deployment of fishing device components by comparing catches and observed operation of components with gear plans
- Adjust, recondition or construct fishing device components to rectify sub-optimal gear performance
- Position fishing gear to optimise catch
- Develop a fishing strategy that incorporates target species and environmental factors
- Monitor position, concentration and movement of the target species, and environmental and other characteristics of area of operation, by visual and electronic means
- Monitor and adjust positions of vessel and fishing device during deployment and retrieval to optimise catch and avoid hazards
- Anticipate fishing device movement and alter its position to maintain desired position by changing vessel course and speed
- Analyse catches to determine effectiveness and performance of fishing device