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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 “Relief Captain”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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