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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

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Tasks for “Motorboat Operators”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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