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Career Guidance Skills working with machinery and specialised equipment S8.3 - operating watercraft S8.3.0 - operating watercraft Stand watch on vessel
Description
Stand watch in ships' bows, sterns, or bridge wings. Look out for obstructions in the ship's path and locate navigational aids such as buoys. Determine geographical position of the ship, using all available means such as GPS, radar ranges, visual observations and depth sounders. Perform navigational watches while underway, and safety watches, anchor watches and dock watches at other times as deemed prudent by the Captain, in accordance with normal bridge management procedures.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 1 occupations
- Optional in 0 occupations
- Total: 1 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 8 (Plant and machine operators, and assemblers)
Essential for
- BoatswainBoatswains organise the crew on deck and at the fishing hold to execute the orders received from a superior. They coordinate the operations of maintenance, manoeuvres, assembly and…
Related skills
- Apply fishing maneuvres
- Support vessel manoeuvres
- Participate in the organisation of emergency drills
- Survive at sea in the event of ship abandonment
- Train employees
- Preserve fish products
- Handle fish products
- Risks associated with undertaking fishing operations
- International regulations for preventing collisions at sea
- Assist in ship maintenance
- Swim
- Extinguish fires
Last updated on February 19, 2026
