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Job Description

Operate small motor-driven boats. May assist in navigational activities.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 53-5022.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 43,340.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 20.00
Currently, there are 3,290 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Motorboat Operators”.

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Tasks for “Crew Boat Operator”

Maintain equipment such as range markers, fire extinguishers, boat fenders, lines, pumps, and fittings.
Perform general labor duties such as repairing booms.
Maintain desired courses, using compasses or electronic navigational aids.
Secure boats to docks with mooring lines, and cast off lines to enable departure.
Position booms around docked ships.
Direct safety operations in emergency situations.
Arrange repairs, fuel, and supplies for vessels.
Organize and direct the activities of crew members.
Service motors by performing tasks such as changing oil and lubricating parts.
Report any observed navigational hazards to authorities.
Follow safety procedures to ensure the protection of passengers, cargo, and vessels.
Issue directions for loading, unloading, and seating in boats.
Tow, push, or guide other boats, barges, logs, or rafts.
Operate engine throttles and steering mechanisms to guide boats on desired courses.
Take depth soundings in turning basins.
Oversee operation of vessels used for carrying passengers, motor vehicles, or goods across rivers, harbors, lakes, and coastal waters.
Clean boats and repair hulls and superstructures, using hand tools, paint, and brushes.

Related Technology & Tools

Carabiners
Recreational motorboats
Kicker engines
Sonar devices
Recreational life jackets
Boat steering mechanisms
Engine throttles
Parachute flares
Gas powered outboard motors
First aid kits
Signal lanterns
Boat tillers
Glow sticks
Mobile radios
Booms
Mooring pendants
Very high frequency VHF radiotelephones
Mini automatic radar plotting aids MARPA
Marine winches
Single sideband SSB radios
Rescue throw bags
Binoculars
Smoke flares
Inflatable personal flotation devices PFD
Grease dispensing guns
Fire detectors
Backfire flame arrestors
Satellite communications radios
Halon fire extinguishers
Burying anchors
Dry chemical fire extinguishers
High water alarms
Forced draft blowers
Jumper packs
Near-shore life jackets
Manual bilge pumps
Signal bells
Snorkels
Air horns
Signal mirrors
Stern lights
Danforth anchors
Wire cleaning brushes
Nylon ropes
Masthead lights
Adjustable wrench sets
Boat towing hooks
Emergency position indicating radio beacons EPIRB
Carbon monoxide detectors
Foam fire extinguishers
Citizen's band CB radios
Floating smoke signals
Kedge anchors
Emergency knives
Boat towing trailers
Signal horns
Navigational compasses
Oil dispensing cans
Throwable flotation devices
Fixed fire suppression systems
Chafing gear
Handheld sprayers
Pyrotechnic flares
Strobe lights
Safety chains
Drogues
Exposure suits
Sidelights
Jet motors
Diving masks
Signal flags
Wire ropes
Electronic navigational aids
Radar systems
Desktop computers
Discharger pumps
Flotation aids
Mushroom anchors
Carbon dioxide fire extinguishers
Captive-pin shackles
Boat hooks
Anchor lights
Automatic bilge pumps
Die markers
Offshore life jackets
Space blankets
Distress flags
Sanitation treatment tanks
Oars
Lightning protection systems
Visual distress signals

Echo sounder software
Web browser software
Autopilot software
Global positioning system GPS software
Radar software
Cartography software