Occupation Atlasmarine chief engineer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/cd19e8d1-6abd-4c99-a9bb-85e7c30aca31
marine chief engineer
Marine chief engineers are responsible for the entire technical operations of the vessel including engineering, electrical, and mechanical divisions. They are the head of the entire engine department aboard the ship and have overall responsibility for all technical operations and equipment on-board the ship. Marine chief engineers collaborate on security, survival and health care on board and observe the national and international standards of application.
Job Zone
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- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RICRealistic · Investigative · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic5.74
- I Investigative5.71
- C Conventional4.31
- E Enterprising3.26
- A Artistic2.62
- S Social1.27
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Marine Engineers and Naval Architects (17-2121.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (24)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
- International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
- analyse work-related written reports
- carry out navigational calculations
- communicate verbal instructions
- conduct financial audits
- electrical systems used in transportation
- electronics
- electronics principles
- international regulations for preventing collisions at sea
- maintain vessel engine room
- maintain vessel inventory
- maintain voyage logs
- manage staff
- maritime electric drives
- mechanical tools
- operate mechanical equipment of ships
- operate vessel engine room
- perform quality audits
- physical parts of the vessel
- principles of mechanical engineering
- repair vessel electrical systems
- repair vessel mechanical systems
- use maritime English
Optional (45)
- act reliably
- adjust engineering designs
- apply transportation management concepts
- approve engineering design
- coordinate fire fighting
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- ensure vessel compliance with regulations
- execute analytical mathematical calculations
- extinguish fires
- fire-fighting systems
- fishing vessels
- follow ethical code of conduct in transport services
- have computer literacy
- lead a team in fishery services
- maintain electrical equipment
- maintain electronic equipment
- maintain safe engineering watches
- maintain shipboard machinery
- manage engine-room resources
- manage safety standards for maritime water transport
- manage ship emergency plans
- manage the operation of propulsion plant machinery
- maritime law
- mathematics
- mechanical engineering
- mechanics
- mechanics of vessels
- operate control systems
- operate life-saving appliances
- operate marine machinery systems
- operate pumping systems
- operate ship propulsion system
- operate ship rescue machinery
- perform small vessel safety measures
- perform small vessel safety procedures
- pollution prevention
- prevent fires on board
- prevent sea pollution
- risks associated with undertaking fishing operations
- ship related legislative requirements
- supervise crew
- swim
- train employees
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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