Description
Maintain a watch during maritime operations, in order to anticipate events and potential hazards.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 2 occupations
- Optional in 3 occupations
- Total: 5 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 8 (Plant and machine operators, and assemblers)
Essential for
- Aquaculture cage mooring workerAquaculture cage mooring workers operate highly-specialised equipment in order to moor cages in stable stations, drifting cages or even self-propelled and semi-submerged cages.&nbs…
- Ordinary seamanOrdinary seamen occupy the lowest rank of a maritime ship's deck crew. They comprise the main labour force on board a boat where they help to operate the ship.…
Optional for
- Fisheries deckhandFisheries deckhands work on fishing vessels where they carry out fishing related activities. They undertake a wide range of fishing and maritime work on land and at sea, such…
- SailorSailors assist the ship captain and any crew higher in hierarchy to operate ships. They dust and wax furniture and polish wood trim, sweep floors and decks, and polish…
- Fisheries observerFisheries observers record and report on fishing activity and the level of compliance and enforcement of conservation measures in force in the work area by controlling the vessel's…
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Last updated on February 19, 2026