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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 “Charter Boat Operator”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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