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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”.

Also Known As…

Tasks for “Towboat Operator”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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