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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”.
Also Known As…
- Mates- Ship, Boat, and Barge
- Vessel Master
- Tugboat Mate
- Relief Mate
- Relief Master
- Mate
- First Mate
- Deckhand
- Deck Engineer
- Able Bodied Tankerman (AB Tankerman)
- Able Bodied Seaman (AB Seaman)
- Third Officer
- Third Mate
- Ship, Boat, or Barge Mate
- Second Officer
- Second Mate
- Sailing Officer
- Maritime Officer
- Fourth Officer
- Fourth Mate
- Fishing Vessel Mate
- First Officer
- Ferry Terminal Agent
- Dredge Mate
- Dock Hand
- Deck Cadet
- Boatswain's Mate
Tasks for “Skipper”
- Stand watches on vessels during specified periods while vessels are under way.
- Observe loading or unloading of cargo or equipment to ensure that handling and storage are performed according to specifications.
- Steer vessels, using navigational devices, such as compasses or sextants, or navigational aids, such as lighthouses or buoys.
- 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.
- Assume command of vessels in the event that ships' masters become incapacitated.
- Inspect equipment, such as cargo-handling gear, lifesaving equipment, visual-signaling equipment, or fishing, towing, or dredging gear, to detect problems.
- Arrange for ships to be stocked, fueled, or repaired.
- Supervise crew members in the repair or replacement of defective gear or equipment.
- Supervise crews in cleaning or maintaining decks, superstructures, or bridges.
- Observe water from ships' mastheads to advise on navigational direction.
Related Technology & Tools
- Dividers
- Sounding tapes
- Hydraulic capstans
- Manual winches
- Ship's whistles
- Drafting triangles
- Foam fire extinguishing systems
- Surveillance binoculars
- Emergency fire pumps
- Pilot ladders
- Mooring cables
- Voice pipes
- Life buoys
- Container lift trucks
- Signal flags
- Hydraulic windlasses
- Natural fiber mooring ropes
- Grabbing cranes
- Lifting spreaders
- Safety belts
- Totally enclosed motor propelled survival craft TEMPSC
- Electric telegraphs
- Navigational compasses
- Portable carbon dioxide fire extinguishers
- Differential global positioning systems DGPS
- Fathometer sonar equipment
- High frequency HF radiotelephone systems
- Screw displacement pumps
- Carbon dioxide CO2 fire extinguishing systems
- Electronic chart display and information systems ECDIS
- Safety lanyards
- Ship anchor chocks
- Steam winches
- Synthetic mooring ropes
- Life rafts
- Personal computers
- Line throwing appliances
- Signal lights
- Electric windlasses
- Long range navigation LORAN systems
- Semaphores
- Thermal protective aids TPA
- Rotary displacement pumps
- Mechanical telegraphs
- Hydraulic mooring winches
- Hand windlasses
- Global positioning systems GPS
- Respirators
- Lifeboat davits
- Lifting slings
- Mooring chains
- Emergency generators
- Ship alarm systems
- Parallel rules
- Sextants
- Global Navigation Satellite System GNSS
- Rescue slings
- First aid kits
- Safety helmets
- Portable water fire extinguishers
- Very high frequency VHF radiotelephone systems
- Parallel plotters
- Hydraulic deck cranes
- Gear pumps
- Pyrotechnic distress signals
- Ultra high frequency UHF radiotelephone systems
- Immersion suits
- Magnetic compasses
- Portable dry chemical fire extinguishers
- Centrifugal cargo pumps
- Fire alarm switches
- Electric mooring winches
- Hand capstans
- Life vests
- Magnet hoists
- Chain cargo falls
- Dynamic positioning DP systems
- Desktop computers
- Gyrocompasses
- Electric deck cranes
- Automatic radar plotting aids ARPA
- Echo sounders
- Sounding rods
- Safety glasses
- Carbon dioxide CO2 flooding systems
- Steering control systems
- Radio direction finders RDF
- Cargo derricks
- Sheave blocks
- Bridge to bridge radiotelephones
- Integrated bridge systems
- Firefighting suits
- KNMI TurboWin
- Maptech The CAPN
- Computerized maintenance management system CMMS
- Jeppesen Marine Nobeltec Admiral
- Log book software