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Tell me about a recent experience you've had working with your hands. |
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How do you stay fit in order to perform physical activities that are required in the workplace? |
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Share an experience in which you've successfully learned how to handle a new piece of equipment? |
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What kind of experience do you have steering vessels and operating navigational instruments? |
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How often do you need to maintain engines, fishing gear, and other on-board equipment; and perform minor repairs? |
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What have you found to be the best way to put fishing equipment into the water and anchor or tow equipment, according to the fishing method used? |
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Name a time when you located fish, using fish-finding equipment. What method did you find helpful? |
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What is the most challenging part of harvesting marine life for human or animal consumption, using diving or dredging equipment, traps, barges, rods, reels, and/or tackle? |
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Describe a time when you successfully serviced, repaired, or tested a machine or device that operates mainly by mechanical principles. |
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Share an example of when you went above and beyond the "call of duty". (Look for answers that show the candidate is dependable.) |
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What traits do you look for when you hire qualified crew members, and assign their duties? |
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Share an effective approach to direct fishing operations, and supervise fishing crew members. |
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Walk me through how you would plan fishing operations, establishing the fish to be sought, the fishing location, the method of capture, and the duration of the trip. |
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What kind of experience do you have computing positions and plotting courses on charts to navigate vessels, using instruments such as compasses, sextants, and charts? |
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Share a time when you willingly took on additional responsibilities or challenges. How did you successfully meet all of the demands of these responsibilities? (Make sure the candidate is a self-starter and can demonstrate some initiative.) |
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