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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 “Boat Operator”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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