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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…
- Motorboat Operators
- Water Taxi Operator
- Watch Leader
- Pilot Boat Operator
- Launchman
- Launch Operator
- Crew Boat Operator
- Charter Boat Operator
- Boat Operator
- Water Taxi Ferry Operator
- Water Taxi Captain
- Water Taxi Boat Mate
- Tugboat Captain
- Towboat Operator
- Towboat Captain
- Speedboat Operator
- Speedboat Driver
- Seating Captain
- Rivers and Lakes Leverman
- Rivers and Lakes Boatman
- River and Lakes Boatman
- Relief Captain
- Pilot Boat Captain
- Outboard Motorboat Operator
- Motorboat Operator
- Launch Steward
- Launch Leader
- Harbormaster
- Harbor Master
- Dock Hand
- Deputy Harbormaster
- Deckhand
- Captain
- Boatman
- Boat Person
- Boat Captain
Tasks for “Boat Driver”
- Perform general labor duties such as repairing booms.
- Organize and direct the activities of crew members.
- Take depth soundings in turning basins.
- Clean boats and repair hulls and superstructures, using hand tools, paint, and brushes.
- Report any observed navigational hazards to authorities.
- Secure boats to docks with mooring lines, and cast off lines to enable departure.
- Issue directions for loading, unloading, and seating in boats.
- Direct safety operations in emergency situations.
- Maintain equipment such as range markers, fire extinguishers, boat fenders, lines, pumps, and fittings.
- Follow safety procedures to ensure the protection of passengers, cargo, and vessels.
- Arrange repairs, fuel, and supplies for vessels.
- Operate engine throttles and steering mechanisms to guide boats on desired courses.
- Service motors by performing tasks such as changing oil and lubricating parts.
- Oversee operation of vessels used for carrying passengers, motor vehicles, or goods across rivers, harbors, lakes, and coastal waters.
- 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
- Satellite communications radios
- Kicker engines
- Strobe lights
- Discharger pumps
- Halon fire extinguishers
- Backfire flame arrestors
- Boat hooks
- Handheld sprayers
- Forced draft blowers
- Gas powered outboard motors
- Booms
- Wire cleaning brushes
- Single sideband SSB radios
- Mini automatic radar plotting aids MARPA
- Captive-pin shackles
- Distress flags
- Very high frequency VHF radiotelephones
- Masthead lights
- Drogues
- Dry chemical fire extinguishers
- Electronic navigational aids
- High water alarms
- Lightning protection systems
- Emergency position indicating radio beacons EPIRB
- Boat towing trailers
- Recreational life jackets
- Sonar devices
- Air horns
- Fire detectors
- Mushroom anchors
- Floating smoke signals
- Signal bells
- Recreational motorboats
- Offshore life jackets
- Navigational compasses
- Exposure suits
- Radar systems
- Burying anchors
- Visual distress signals
- Rescue throw bags
- First aid kits
- Jet motors
- Wire ropes
- Emergency knives
- Inflatable personal flotation devices PFD
- Automatic bilge pumps
- Carabiners
- Space blankets
- Danforth anchors
- Smoke flares
- Citizen's band CB radios
- Sidelights
- Flotation aids
- Fixed fire suppression systems
- Near-shore life jackets
- Oars
- Binoculars
- Diving masks
- Boat steering mechanisms
- Adjustable wrench sets
- Carbon dioxide fire extinguishers
- Kedge anchors
- Nylon ropes
- Signal mirrors
- Boat tillers
- Signal horns
- Snorkels
- Stern lights
- Pyrotechnic flares
- Boat towing hooks
- Mobile radios
- Marine winches
- Grease dispensing guns
- Signal lanterns
- Engine throttles
- Carbon monoxide detectors
- Mooring pendants
- Die markers
- Anchor lights
- Chafing gear
- Oil dispensing cans
- Safety chains
- Jumper packs
- Glow sticks
- Signal flags
- Throwable flotation devices
- Manual bilge pumps
- Desktop computers
- Foam fire extinguishers
- Sanitation treatment tanks
- Parachute flares
- Web browser software
- Global positioning system GPS software
- Autopilot software
- Radar software
- Echo sounder software
- Cartography software