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Job Description

Stand watch to look for obstructions in path of vessel, measure water depth, turn wheel on bridge, or use emergency equipment as directed by captain, mate, or pilot. Break out, rig, overhaul, and store cargo-handling gear, stationary rigging, and running gear. Perform a variety of maintenance tasks to preserve the painted surface of the ship and to maintain line and ship equipment. Must hold government-issued certification and tankerman certification when working aboard liquid-carrying vessels. Includes able seamen and ordinary seamen.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 53-5011.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 46,170.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 22.00
Currently, there are 32,530 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Sailors and Marine Oilers”.

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Tasks for “Scow Hand”

Give directions to crew members engaged in cleaning wheelhouses or quarterdecks.
Stand gangway watches to prevent unauthorized persons from boarding ships while in port.
Lubricate machinery, equipment, or engine parts such as gears, shafts, or bearings.
Maintain a ship's engines under the direction of the ship's engineering officers.
Relay specified signals to other ships, using visual signaling devices, such as blinker lights or semaphores.
Examine machinery to verify specified pressures or lubricant flows.
Overhaul lifeboats or lifeboat gear and lower or raise lifeboats with winches or falls.
Attach hoses and operate pumps to transfer substances to and from liquid cargo tanks.
Splice and repair ropes, wire cables, or cordage, using marlinespikes, wire cutters, twine, and hand tools.
Measure depth of water in shallow or unfamiliar waters, using leadlines, and telephone or shout depth information to vessel bridges.
Clean and polish wood trim, brass, or other metal parts.
Stand watch in ships' bows or bridge wings to look for obstructions in a ship's path or to locate navigational aids, such as buoys or lighthouses.
Sweep, mop, and wash down decks to remove oil, dirt, and debris, using brooms, mops, brushes, and hoses.
Provide engineers with assistance in repairing or adjusting machinery.
Paint or varnish decks, superstructures, lifeboats, or sides of ships.
Operate, maintain, or repair ship equipment, such as winches, cranes, derricks, or weapons system.
Lower and man lifeboats when emergencies occur.
Participate in shore patrols.
Read pressure and temperature gauges or displays and record data in engineering logs.
Handle lines to moor vessels to wharfs, to tie up vessels to other vessels, or to rig towing lines.
Chip and clean rust spots on decks, superstructures, or sides of ships, using wire brushes and hand or air chipping machines.
Tie barges together into tow units for tugboats to handle, inspecting barges periodically during voyages and disconnecting them when destinations are reached.
Break out, rig, and stow cargo-handling gear, stationary rigging, or running gear.
Record data in ships' logs, such as weather conditions or distances traveled.
Load or unload materials, vehicles, or passengers from vessels.
Maintain government-issued certifications, as required.
Steer ships under the direction of commanders or navigating officers or direct helmsmen to steer, following designated courses.
Stand by wheels when ships are on automatic pilot and verify accuracy of courses, using magnetic compasses.

Related Technology & Tools

Electric windlasses
Hydraulic windlasses
Container lift trucks
Magnet hoists
Bilge pumping systems
Crescent wrenches
Sharpening steels
Voice pipes
Synthetic mooring ropes
Lifeboats
Magnetic compasses
Galvanized thimbles
Ship anchor chocks
Radio direction finders RDF
Bridge telephones
Metal chisels
Spanner wrenches
Lifeboat davits
Workshop vises
Thermal protective aids TPA
Ratchet sets
Cargo derricks
Mechanical telegraphs
Sounding tapes
Cargo hooks
Personal computers
Blinker lights
Electric mooring winches
Grabbing cranes
Pyrotechnic distress signals
Hand capstans
Life jackets
Fire hoses
Life rings
Grease dispensing guns
Safety belts
Forklifts
Respirators
Desktop computers
Lifting spreaders
Hand punches
Pilot ladders
Steam winches
Sheave blocks
Electric telegraphs
Wire cutters
Portable fire extinguishers
Mooring chains
Gyrocompasses
Signal flags
Cargo booms
Hydraulic capstans
Filter masks
Centrifugal cargo pumps
Emergency generators
Chain cargo falls
Safety lanyards
Sewing needles
Chipping hammers
Portable gas detectors
Sounding rods
Lifting slings
Engine room alarm systems
Liquid cargo transfer hoses
Locking jaw pliers
Pipe wrenches
Air chippers
Foam firefighting systems
Tank level gauges
Welders
Claw hammers
Electric deck cranes
Life buoys
Centrifugal ventilators
Safety glasses
Wire splicers
Hydraulic deck cranes
Hydraulic mooring winches
Reciprocating pumps
Radar navigation systems
Carbon dioxide CO2 firefighting systems
Bolt cutters
Ship alarm systems
Hand windlasses
Riding pawls
Two way radios
Safety helmets
Anti-exposure coveralls
Natural fiber mooring ropes
Mooring cables
Semaphores
Emergency position-indicating radio beacons
Fids
Oil dispensing cans
Manual winches
Gear pumps
Explosimeters

Microsoft Word
Microsoft Windows
Kongsberg Maritime K-Log Deck Logbook
KNMI TurboWin
Log book software
Computerized maintenance management system CMMS