Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c.: pay and what the work involves

Occupation 5119 · Skilled trades occupations

Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c.

Job holders in this unit group perform a variety of agricultural, practical conservation activities, and fishing tasks not elsewhere classified in minor group 511: Agricultural and related trades.

How people enter it

No formal academic qualifications are required. Training is typically received on-the-job. A variety of vocational and academic qualifications in fish farming, forestry, horse and other animal care are available. Professional qualifications are also available and may be mandatory in some areas.

What the work involves

nets river fish and feeds and maintains them in spawning pens, cultivates and harvests oysters, mussels and clams on natural and artificial beds, treats water and diseased fish, and empties and cleans outdoor tanks
navigates and maintains shipping vessels, assists with the shooting, hauling and repairing of fishing nets, prepares, lays and empties baited pots, and guts, sorts and stows fish
establishes and maintains forest nurseries, forestry and woodland, and diagnoses and treats diseased trees
patrols a designated area of the countryside to monitor damage, erosion, access to rights of way and the state of footpaths and other facilities, and carries out remedial maintenance work as necessary
monitors and maintains the level of wildfowl on public and private estates
manages areas of the countryside and the wider environment, carries out practical conservation activities and assists in promoting awareness of the natural environment

Also called

Arboricultural consultant · Bee farmer · Countryside ranger · Gamekeeper · National park warden · Share fisherman · Trawler skipper · Tree surgeon

What it pays

Measure	Hours	Basis	Period	Value	Source
5119 : Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c.	None	None	2026-03	20,300.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
5119 : Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c.	None	None	2026-03	21,200.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
5119 : Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c.	None	None	2026-03	25,200.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
5119 : Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c.	None	None	2026-03	1,600.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
5119 : Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c.	None	None	2026-03	4,000.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
5119 : Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c.	None	None	2026-03	26,800.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
5119 : Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c.	None	None	2026-03	900.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)

Every regional figure

ONS does not publish occupational pay below region. Cells the survey could not support are shown as withheld, with its reason — adding a region split to a specific occupation leaves roughly a tenth of cells publishable.

Region	Measure	Hours	Value	Period
East	5119 : Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c.	None	1,600.00	2026-03
East Midlands	5119 : Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c.	None	1,800.00	2026-03
London	5119 : Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c.	None	800.00	2026-03
North East	5119 : Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c.	None	500.00	2026-03
North West	5119 : Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c.	None	2,700.00	2026-03
Northern Ireland	5119 : Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c.	None	1,600.00	2026-03
Scotland	5119 : Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c.	None	4,000.00	2026-03
South East	5119 : Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c.	None	4,500.00	2026-03
South West	5119 : Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c.	None	3,000.00	2026-03
Wales	5119 : Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c.	None	900.00	2026-03
West Midlands	5119 : Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c.	None	2,900.00	2026-03
Yorkshire and The Humber	5119 : Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c.	None	2,500.00	2026-03

Common questions

Does pay for agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c. vary by region?

ONS publishes regional pay for this occupation where the survey sample supports it — 12 of 12 cells on this page. The rest are withheld by ONS, and are shown as withheld with the reason, rather than left out.

Where do these pay figures come from?

The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, published by the Office for National Statistics. Figures are shown exactly as ONS publishes them — we do not adjust, model or fill them in, and every number on this page carries the series and period it came from.

Classified alongside this

Farmers · Gardeners and landscape gardeners · Groundsmen and greenkeepers · Horticultural trades