Will “Ship and Boat Captains” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔
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Job Description
Command vessels in oceans, bays, lakes, rivers, or coastal waters.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 53-5021.01
Also Known As…
- Tugboat Captain
- Tug Captain
- Ship Captain
- Relief Captain
- Harbor Tug Captain
- Ferry Boat Captain
- Charter Boat Captain
- Captain
- Boat Operator
- Boat Captain
- Yacht Master
- Yacht Captain
- Water Vessel Captain
- Vessel Master
- Vessel Captain
- Tugboat Operator
- Tug Boat Captain
- Towboat Captain
- Tow Boat Captain
- Steamboat Captain
- Sloop Captain
- Sling Operator
- Shrimp Boat Captain
- Shipmaster
- Ship Master
- Sea Captain
- Scow Captain
- Sailing Master
- Riverboat Master
- River Captain
- Passenger Barge Master
- Oil Tanker Captain
- Navigator
- Navigation Officer
- Master Mariner
- Master
- Marine Superintendent
- Lighter Captain
- Fishing Vessel Captain
- Ferryboat Operator
- Ferryboat Captain
- Ferry Terminal Supervisor
- Ferry Captain
- Dredge Captain
- Dock Master
- Derrick Boat Captain
- Deep Submergence Vehicle Operator
- Deck Officer
- Canal Boat Operator
- Canal Boat Captain
- Boatswain
- Boat Master
- Barge Master
- Barge Captain
Tasks for “Ship and Boat Captains”
- Read gauges to verify sufficient levels of hydraulic fluid, air pressure, or oxygen.
- Sort logs, form log booms, or salvage lost logs.
- Measure depths of water, using depth-measuring equipment.
- Perform various marine duties, such as checking for oil spills or other pollutants around ports or harbors or patrolling beaches.
- Steer and operate vessels, using radios, depth finders, radars, lights, buoys, or lighthouses.
- Dock or undock vessels, sometimes maneuvering through narrow spaces, such as locks.
- Monitor the loading or discharging of cargo or passengers.
- Purchase supplies or equipment.
- Calculate sightings of land, using electronic sounding devices and following contour lines on charts.
- Signal crew members or deckhands to rig tow lines, open or close gates or ramps, or pull guard chains across entries.
- Direct or coordinate crew members or workers performing activities such as loading or unloading cargo, steering vessels, operating engines, or operating, maintaining, or repairing ship equipment.
- Resolve questions or problems with customs officials.
- Conduct safety drills with crew.
- Inspect vessels to ensure efficient and safe operation of vessels and equipment and conformance to regulations.
- Maintain records of daily activities, personnel reports, ship positions and movements, ports of call, weather and sea conditions, pollution control efforts, or cargo or passenger status.
- Interview and hire crew members.
- Signal passing vessels, using whistles, flashing lights, flags, or radios.
- Adjust navigation according to weather conditions.
- Assign watches or living quarters to crew members.
- Tow and maneuver barges or signal tugboats to tow barges to destinations.
- Collect fares from customers or signal ferryboat helpers to collect fares.
- Compute positions, set courses, and determine speeds, using charts, area plotting sheets, compasses, sextants, and knowledge of local conditions.
- Maintain boats or equipment on board, such as engines, winches, navigational systems, fire extinguishers, or life preservers.
- Arrange for ships to be fueled, restocked with supplies, or repaired.
Related Technology & Tools
- Electric deck cranes
- Respirators
- Gyrocompasses
- Foam fire extinguishing systems
- Bolt cutters
- Ultra high frequency UHF radiotelephone systems
- Global positioning systems GPS
- Life vests
- Global Navigation Satellite System GNSS
- Voice pipes
- Safety helmets
- Automatic radar plotting aids ARPA
- Lifting spreaders
- Differential global positioning systems DGPS
- Bridge to bridge radiotelephones
- Pyrotechnic distress signals
- Sharpening steels
- Emergency fire pumps
- Life buoys
- Magnet hoists
- Life rafts
- Totally enclosed motor propelled survival craft TEMPSC
- Immersion suits
- Emergency generators
- Container lift trucks
- Personal computers
- Mooring winches
- Very high frequency VHF radiotelephone systems
- Workshop vises
- Parallel rules
- First aid kits
- Magnetic compasses
- Echo sounders
- High frequency HF radiotelephone systems
- Pilot ladders
- Safety lanyards
- Signal light controls
- Line throwing appliances
- Locking jaw pliers
- Portable water fire extinguishers
- Dividers
- Fire alarm switches
- Carbon dioxide CO2 flooding systems
- Drafting triangles
- Desktop computers
- Hydraulic deck cranes
- Rescue slings
- Lifeboat davits
- Pipe wrenches
- Navigational compasses
- Carbon dioxide CO2 fire extinguishing systems
- Centrifugal cargo pumps
- Fathometer sonar equipment
- Safety glasses
- Grabbing cranes
- Radio direction finders RDF
- Steering control systems
- Portable carbon dioxide fire extinguishers
- Sounding rods
- Claw hammers
- Safety belts
- Dynamic positioning DP systems
- Sextants
- Crescent wrenches
- Rotary displacement pumps
- Lifting slings
- Mechanical telegraphs
- Thermal protective aids TPA
- Hand punches
- Surveillance binoculars
- Long range navigation LORAN systems
- Integrated bridge systems
- Portable dry chemical fire extinguishers
- Electric telegraphs
- Voyage management systems VMS
- Semaphores
- Screw displacement pumps
- Cargo derricks
- Firefighting suits
- Ship's whistles
- Ship alarm systems
- Electronic chart display and information systems ECDIS
- Parallel plotters
- Signal flags
- Spanner wrenches
- Gear pumps
- Maptech The CAPN
- Log book software
- KNMI TurboWin
- Microsoft Excel
- Jeppesen Marine Nobeltec Admiral
- Autodesk Revit
- Computerized maintenance management system CMMS
- Microsoft Office