A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in hunting for and capturing sea mammals for research and display. Respnsibilities include:

• Confers with management to ascertain kind and number of animals to be captured, time and location of hunt, and mode of travel.
• Determines personnel, food, equipment and other supply requirements for hunt and capture of animals.
• Inspects equipment for adequacy and condition.
• Arranges for repair services and requisitions needed supplies.
• Maintains and repairs, or supervises maintenance and repair of equipment.
• Assigns workers to activities, such as mending nets and attaching floats and packing and loading food and material in carrier.
• Scouts ocean beaches and rookeries and stands watch on boat to locate mammals.
• Coordinates activities, such as catching mammals, on-site container construction, and in-transit mammal care.
• Performs other duties described under supervisor master title.