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Competences — officer of the watch

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/17e39591-7137-4960-94c8-8169f7a5d67b).

Essential

  • coordinate cargo handling (skill/competence)
  • ensure smooth on board operations (skill/competence)
  • guidance, navigation and control (knowledge)
  • implement cost-effective cargo handling strategies on ships (skill/competence)
  • maintain safe navigation watches (skill/competence)
  • manage cargo handling (skill/competence)
  • manage vessel cargo activities (skill/competence)
  • monitor the discharge of cargo (skill/competence)
  • perform lookout duties during maritime operations (skill/competence)
  • stand watch on vessel (skill/competence)
  • stay alert (skill/competence)
  • supervise crew (skill/competence)
  • supervise loading of cargo (skill/competence)
  • watch for maritime navigation aids (skill/competence)

Optional

  • cargo industry (knowledge)
  • coordinate the ship crew (skill/competence)
  • oversee arrival and departure of ships into port (skill/competence)
  • oversee shipment routing (skill/competence)
  • supervise movement of crew (skill/competence)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 5 ads, as of 2026-07-18)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

Hard skills

  • anomaly resolution — 60 %
  • data interpretation — 60 %
  • orbital mechanics analysis — 60 %
  • simulation — 60 %
  • situation report drafting — 60 %
  • telemetry analysis — 60 %
  • systems modeling — 40 %
  • satellite operations monitoring — 40 %
  • satellite system monitoring — 20 %
  • scripting — 20 %
  • requirements development — 20 %
  • rfis tracking — 20 %
  • space operations — 20 %
  • data analysis — 20 %
  • gis imagery production — 20 %
  • incident reporting — 20 %
  • mathematical modeling — 20 %
  • mission planning — 20 %
  • mission tracking — 20 %
  • modeling — 20 %
  • operational analysis — 20 %
  • operational briefing — 20 %
  • operational briefing delivery — 20 %
  • optimization methods — 20 %

Methods

  • continuous improvement — 80 %
  • incident management — 20 %
  • exercise support — 20 %
  • in-progress review — 20 %
  • operational communication — 20 %
  • space warfighting — 20 %
  • situation report drafting — 20 %
  • situational awareness — 20 %
  • space domain awareness — 20 %
  • risk assessment — 20 %
  • shift work — 20 %
  • watch operations — 20 %

Responsibilities

  • data analysis — 60 %
  • operations stand-up meetings — 40 %
  • situation report dissemination — 40 %
  • real-time updates — 40 %
  • satellite launch support — 40 %
  • stakeholder coordination — 40 %
  • system access — 20 %
  • solution proposal — 20 %
  • space domain awareness enhancement — 20 %
  • tool onboarding — 20 %
  • tool updates — 20 %
  • unity of effort facilitation — 20 %
  • report distribution — 20 %
  • mission activity tracking — 20 %
  • operation facilitation — 20 %
  • operation tracking — 20 %
  • operational communication — 20 %
  • operational updates — 20 %
  • mission tracking — 20 %
  • information dissemination — 20 %
  • data collection — 20 %
  • distribution list maintenance — 20 %
  • cop maintenance — 20 %
  • blotter review — 20 %
  • briefing government customers — 20 %
  • in-progress review input — 20 %
  • integrated assessment — 20 %
  • issue identification — 20 %
  • exercise support — 20 %