Will “First Officer” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

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Job Description

Supervise or coordinate activities of crew aboard ships, boats, barges, or dredges.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 53-5021.02

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Mates- Ship, Boat, and Barge”.

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Tasks for “First Officer”

Stand watches on vessels during specified periods while vessels are under way.
Assume command of vessels in the event that ships' masters become incapacitated.
Determine geographical positions of ships, using lorans, azimuths of celestial bodies, or computers, and use this information to determine the course and speed of a ship.
Participate in activities related to maintenance of vessel security.
Inspect equipment, such as cargo-handling gear, lifesaving equipment, visual-signaling equipment, or fishing, towing, or dredging gear, to detect problems.
Supervise crews in cleaning or maintaining decks, superstructures, or bridges.
Arrange for ships to be stocked, fueled, or repaired.
Steer vessels, using navigational devices, such as compasses or sextants, or navigational aids, such as lighthouses or buoys.
Observe loading or unloading of cargo or equipment to ensure that handling and storage are performed according to specifications.
Supervise crew members in the repair or replacement of defective gear or equipment.
Observe water from ships' mastheads to advise on navigational direction.

Related Technology & Tools

Sounding tapes
Global positioning systems GPS
Hand windlasses
Life vests
Ship alarm systems
Gyrocompasses
Totally enclosed motor propelled survival craft TEMPSC
Emergency generators
Cargo derricks
Steering control systems
Steam winches
Lifting slings
Sounding rods
Safety belts
Grabbing cranes
Fire alarm switches
Electric deck cranes
Bridge to bridge radiotelephones
Container lift trucks
Echo sounders
Signal lights
Carbon dioxide CO2 fire extinguishing systems
Life rafts
Long range navigation LORAN systems
Surveillance binoculars
Radio direction finders RDF
Portable dry chemical fire extinguishers
Ship anchor chocks
Pilot ladders
Mooring chains
Dynamic positioning DP systems
Hydraulic windlasses
Lifting spreaders
Differential global positioning systems DGPS
Personal computers
Line throwing appliances
Life buoys
Safety glasses
Electronic chart display and information systems ECDIS
Hydraulic capstans
Foam fire extinguishing systems
Navigational compasses
Gear pumps
Safety lanyards
Desktop computers
Fathometer sonar equipment
Global Navigation Satellite System GNSS
Electric telegraphs
Portable carbon dioxide fire extinguishers
Screw displacement pumps
Portable water fire extinguishers
Drafting triangles
Integrated bridge systems
Respirators
Automatic radar plotting aids ARPA
Dividers
Hydraulic deck cranes
Parallel rules
Mooring cables
Sextants
Firefighting suits
Ship's whistles
Carbon dioxide CO2 flooding systems
Thermal protective aids TPA
Synthetic mooring ropes
Lifeboat davits
Hand capstans
Natural fiber mooring ropes
Rotary displacement pumps
Magnet hoists
Parallel plotters
Semaphores
Immersion suits
Manual winches
Safety helmets
Rescue slings
Ultra high frequency UHF radiotelephone systems
Hydraulic mooring winches
Sheave blocks
Mechanical telegraphs
Signal flags
Emergency fire pumps
Centrifugal cargo pumps
First aid kits
Chain cargo falls
Pyrotechnic distress signals
Voice pipes
High frequency HF radiotelephone systems
Very high frequency VHF radiotelephone systems
Magnetic compasses
Electric windlasses
Electric mooring winches

Jeppesen Marine Nobeltec Admiral
Log book software
Maptech The CAPN
KNMI TurboWin
Computerized maintenance management system CMMS