4.5 KiB
Market evidence report — deck-officer
Source: 43 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 43), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-11. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 41 | 95 % |
| n/a | 2 | 5 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Office | 4 | 9 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vessel operation | 11 | 26 % |
| 2 | navigation | 10 | 23 % |
| 3 | ship maintenance | 9 | 21 % |
| 4 | cargo operations | 8 | 19 % |
| 5 | deck maintenance | 8 | 19 % |
| 6 | emergency response | 8 | 19 % |
| 7 | navigational watchstanding | 8 | 19 % |
| 8 | logbook maintenance | 7 | 16 % |
| 9 | safety management | 7 | 16 % |
| 10 | crew management | 6 | 14 % |
| 11 | damage control | 6 | 14 % |
| 12 | machinery inspection | 6 | 14 % |
| 13 | safety equipment maintenance | 6 | 14 % |
| 14 | security management | 4 | 9 % |
| 15 | weight-handling equipment operation | 4 | 9 % |
| 16 | cargo handling | 3 | 7 % |
| 17 | docking | 3 | 7 % |
| 18 | maritime navigation | 3 | 7 % |
| 19 | ship maneuvering | 3 | 7 % |
| 20 | voyage planning | 3 | 7 % |
| 21 | watchkeeping | 3 | 7 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Safety Management System | 7 | 16 % |
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | emergency drill execution | 6 | 14 % |
| 2 | personnel training | 5 | 12 % |
| 3 | deck department supervision | 4 | 9 % |
| 4 | vessel operation | 4 | 9 % |
| 5 | watchstanding | 4 | 9 % |
| 6 | cargo operation conduction | 3 | 7 % |
| 7 | cargo stowage | 3 | 7 % |
| 8 | deckhand supervision | 3 | 7 % |
| 9 | equipment inspection | 3 | 7 % |
| 10 | maintenance duties | 3 | 7 % |
| 11 | station bill preparation | 3 | 7 % |
| 12 | task assignment | 3 | 7 % |
| 13 | work-rest oversight | 3 | 7 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 43 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
43 ads.
Top hard skills:
- vessel operation — 26 % (11 ads)
- navigation — 23 % (10 ads)
- ship maintenance — 21 % (9 ads)
- cargo operations — 19 % (8 ads)
- deck maintenance — 19 % (8 ads)
- emergency response — 19 % (8 ads)
- navigational watchstanding — 19 % (8 ads)
- logbook maintenance — 16 % (7 ads)
- safety management — 16 % (7 ads)
- crew management — 14 % (6 ads)
Top tools:
- Microsoft Office — 9 % (4 ads)
- ECDIS — 5 % (2 ads)
- electronic mail programs — 5 % (2 ads)
- GMDSS — 5 % (2 ads)
- GMDSS operator license — 5 % (2 ads)
- radar — 5 % (2 ads)
- radar observer certificate — 5 % (2 ads)
- shipboard monitoring software — 5 % (2 ads)
- winches — 5 % (2 ads)
Seniority: mid 95 % · n/a 5 %
UK (gb)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Cargo Chief Mate - Marine | 3 |
| Crew - First Mate | 3 |
| Mate | 3 |
| Cargo Chief Mate | 2 |
| Chief Mate | 2 |
| Third Mate Unlimited R/V Atlantis | 2 |
| 2nd Officer | 1 |
| 3rd Officer | 1 |
| Captain & Chief Engineer US Licensed Master/Mate | 1 |
| Cargo Chief Mate Navigational Lead & Deck Ops | 1 |
| Chief Mate Expedition Vessel | 1 |
| Chief Mate Oceans - Seattle, WA | 1 |
| Chief Mate- Seaward Services - TSVRON | 1 |
| Chief Mate, U.S. Brig Niagara (Chief Mate, Flagship Niagara) | 1 |
| Chief Mate: Deck Lead, Safety & Emergency Ops | 1 |
| Chief Mate: Lead Sail Ops Aboard a Historic Tall Ship | 1 |
| CIVMAR Deck Officer Naval Watch & Navigation | 1 |
| First Mate | 1 |
| First Mate - Cruises | 1 |
| First Officer | 1 |
| Maritime Professionals, Deck department | 1 |
| Naturalist/First Mate | 1 |
| Relief/Temporary Chief Mate - Seaward Services - TSVRON | 1 |
| Research Vessel Chief Mate | 1 |
| Seasonal First Mate | 1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.