2.1 KiB
2.1 KiB
Competences — deck officer
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/e3df1f82-3df9-41e5-8487-635e184653d1).
Essential
- assess vessel status (skill/competence)
- assist water-based navigation (skill/competence)
- celestial navigation (knowledge)
- consider economic criteria in decision making (skill/competence)
- ensure smooth on board operations (skill/competence)
- ensure vessel security (skill/competence)
- Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (knowledge)
- handle stressful situations in the work place (skill/competence)
- International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (knowledge)
- international regulations for preventing collisions at sea (knowledge)
- manage staff (skill/competence)
- plot shipping navigation routes (skill/competence)
- provide first aid (skill/competence)
- stay up-to-date with maritime transportation technology (skill/competence)
- steer vessels (skill/competence)
- supervise loading of cargo (skill/competence)
- supervise unloading of cargo (skill/competence)
- use different communication channels (skill/competence)
- use water navigation devices (skill/competence)
- vessel safety equipment (knowledge)
- work in a water transport team (skill/competence)
Optional
- communicate with customers (skill/competence)
- make independent operating decisions (skill/competence)
- manipulate sails on vessels (skill/competence)
- secure ships using rope (skill/competence)
- tolerate stress (skill/competence)
- use maritime English (skill/competence)
- vessel points of sail (knowledge)
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 43 ads, as of 2026-07-11)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Hard skills
- vessel operation — 26 %
- navigation — 23 %
- ship maintenance — 21 %
- navigational watchstanding — 19 %
- cargo operations — 19 %
- deck maintenance — 19 %
- emergency response — 19 %