Motorboat Operators

• Summary

• Details

Work Activities

• Organize and direct the activities of crew members.
• Follow safety procedures to ensure the protection of passengers, cargo, and vessels.
• Direct safety operations in emergency situations.
• Perform general labor duties such as repairing booms.
• Report any observed navigational hazards to authorities.
• Take depth soundings in turning basins.
• Secure boats to docks with mooring lines, and cast off lines to enable departure.
• Service motors by performing tasks such as changing oil and lubricating parts.
• Issue directions for loading, unloading, and seating in boats.
• Clean boats and repair hulls and superstructures, using hand tools, paint, and brushes.
• Clean boats and repair hulls and superstructures, using hand tools, paint, and brushes.
• Operate engine throttles and steering mechanisms to guide boats on desired courses.
• Maintain desired courses, using compasses or electronic navigational aids.
• Arrange repairs, fuel, and supplies for vessels.
• Tow, push, or guide other boats, barges, logs, or rafts.
• Oversee operation of vessels used for carrying passengers, motor vehicles, or goods across rivers, harbors, lakes, and coastal waters.
• Follow safety procedures to ensure the protection of passengers, cargo, and vessels.
• Issue directions for loading, unloading, and seating in boats.
• Maintain equipment such as range markers, fire extinguishers, boat fenders, lines, pumps, and fittings.

Skills

• Science
  • Using scientific rules and strategies to solve problems.
• Management of Material Resources
  • Managing equipment and materials.
• Service Orientation
  • Looking for ways to help people.
• Quality Control Analysis
  • Testing how well a product or service works.
• Learning Strategies
  • Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.
• Active Learning
  • Figuring out how to use new ideas or things.
• Instructing
  • Teaching people how to do something.
• Systems Evaluation
  • Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.
• Writing
  • Writing things for co-workers or customers.
• Mathematics
  • Using math to solve problems.
• Speaking
  • Talking to others.
• Reading Comprehension
  • Reading work-related information.
• Troubleshooting
  • Figuring out what is causing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs to not work.
• Social Perceptiveness
  • Understanding people's reactions.
• Technology Design
  • Making equipment and technology useful for customers.
• Repairing
  • Repairing machines or systems using the right tools.
• Operation and Control
  • Using equipment or systems.
• Programming
  • Writing computer programs.
• Critical Thinking
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
• Operations Monitoring
  • Watching gauges, dials, or display screens to make sure a machine is working.
• Complex Problem Solving
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
• Equipment Maintenance
  • Planning and doing the basic maintenance on equipment.
• Installation
  • Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs.
• Active Listening
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
• Operations Analysis
  • Figuring out what a product or service needs to be able to do.
• Management of Personnel Resources
  • Selecting and managing the best workers for a job.
• Time Management
  • Managing your time and the time of other people.
• Negotiation
  • Bringing people together to solve differences.
• Systems Analysis
  • Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
• Coordination
  • Changing what is done based on other people's actions.
• Equipment Selection
  • Deciding what kind of tools and equipment are needed to do a job.
• Persuasion
  • Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior.
• Judgment and Decision Making
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
• Monitoring
  • Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
• Management of Financial Resources
  • Making spending decisions and keeping track of what is spent.

Abilities

• Stamina
  • Exercising for a long time without getting out of breath.
• Night Vision
  • Seeing at night or under low light.
• Visual Color Discrimination
  • Noticing the difference between colors, including shades and brightness.
• Category Flexibility
  • Grouping things in different ways.
• Spatial Orientation
  • Knowing where things are around you.
• Control Precision
  • Quickly changing the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat.
• Oral Expression
  • Communicating by speaking.
• Manual Dexterity
  • Holding or moving items with your hands.
• Fluency of Ideas
  • Coming up with lots of ideas.
• Visualization
  • Imagining how something will look after it is moved around or changed.
• Sound Localization
  • Noticing the direction that a sound came from.
• Reaction Time
  • Quickly moving your hand, finger, or foot based on a sound, light, picture or other command.
• Selective Attention
  • Paying attention to something without being distracted.
• Response Orientation
  • Quickly deciding if you should move your hand, foot, or other body part.
• Speed of Limb Movement
  • Quickly moving your arms and legs.
• Static Strength
  • Lifting, pushing, pulling, or carrying.
• Arm-Hand Steadiness
  • Keeping your arm or hand steady.
• Memorization
  • Remembering words, numbers, pictures, or steps.
• Finger Dexterity
  • Putting together small parts with your fingers.
• Dynamic Strength
  • Exercising for a long time without your muscles getting tired.
• Dynamic Flexibility
  • Quickly and repeatedly bending, stretching, twisting, or reaching out with your body, arms, and/or legs.
• Near Vision
  • Seeing details up close.
• Gross Body Equilibrium
  • Keeping your balance or staying upright.
• Glare Sensitivity
  • Seeing something even if there is a glare or very bright light.
• Far Vision
  • Seeing details that are far away.
• Depth Perception
  • Deciding which thing is closer or farther away from you, or deciding how far away it is from you.
• Originality
  • Creating new and original ideas.
• Number Facility
  • Adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing.
• Wrist-Finger Speed
  • Making fast, simple, repeated movements of your fingers, hands, and wrists.
• Problem Sensitivity
  • Noticing when problems happen.
• Time Sharing
  • Doing two or more things at the same time.
• Information Ordering
  • Ordering or arranging things.
• Peripheral Vision
  • Seeing something to your side when your are looking ahead.
• Trunk Strength
  • Using your lower back and stomach.
• Gross Body Coordination
  • Moving your arms, legs, and mid-section together while your whole body is moving.
• Perceptual Speed
  • Quickly comparing groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things.
• Written Comprehension
  • Reading and understanding what is written.
• Deductive Reasoning
  • Using rules to solve problems.
• Speed of Closure
  • Quickly knowing what you are looking at.
• Inductive Reasoning
  • Making general rules or coming up with answers from lots of detailed information.
• Mathematical Reasoning
  • Choosing the right type of math to solve a problem.
• Speech Clarity
  • Speaking clearly.
• Hearing Sensitivity
  • Telling the difference between sounds.
• Auditory Attention
  • Paying attention to one sound while there are other distracting sounds.
• Explosive Strength
  • Jumping, sprinting, or throwing something.
• Rate Control
  • Changing when and how fast you move based on how something else is moving.
• Flexibility of Closure
  • Seeing hidden patterns.
• Extent Flexibility
  • Bending, stretching, twisting, or reaching with your body, arms, and/or legs.
• Oral Comprehension
  • Listening and understanding what people say.
• Written Expression
  • Communicating by writing.
• Multilimb Coordination
  • Using your arms and/or legs together while sitting, standing, or lying down.
• Speech Recognition
  • Recognizing spoken words.

Knowledge

• Transportation
  • Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
• Public Safety and Security
  • Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
• Administration and Management
  • Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• Design
  • Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
• Building and Construction
  • Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
• Mechanical
  • Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
• Mathematics
  • Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
• Customer and Personal Service
  • Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Personnel and Human Resources
  • Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
• Computers and Electronics
  • Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
• Engineering and Technology
  • Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
• Psychology
  • Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
• Therapy and Counseling
  • Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.
• Education and Training
  • Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
• English Language
  • Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, and rules of composition and grammar.
• Fine Arts
  • Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
• Philosophy and Theology
  • Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
• Sales and Marketing
  • Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
• Production and Processing
  • Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
• Food Production
  • Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
• Communications and Media
  • Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
• Chemistry
  • Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
• Biology
  • Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
• Law and Government
  • Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
• Foreign Language
  • Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.
• Medicine and Dentistry
  • Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
• Sociology and Anthropology
  • Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures, and their history and origins.
• Geography
  • Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
• History and Archeology
  • Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
• Physics
  • Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub-atomic structures and processes.
• Telecommunications
  • Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
• Administrative
  • Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
• Economics and Accounting
  • Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.

Education

Education

Postsecondary certificate

Work Experience

Less than 5 years work experience

Training

No on-the-job training

Education and Training Opportunities

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Education and Training Opportunities

• Seattle Central College
  1701 Broadway Avenue, Seattle WA 98122
  School Type

  Public, 4-year or above

  Admissions
  School Size

  5,000 - 9,999

  Financial Aid 206-934-3800
  Other Degrees Offered

  Undergraduate degree or certificate offering,No graduate offering
  Website

  http://seattlecentral.edu/
  Program Name
  Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer
  Length
  At least one but less than two years
  Award Level
  Award of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years
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Pay

Washington Annual Salary

62110/yr

Washington Hourly Wage

29.86/hr

Washington Employment Trends

Currently Employed

80

Yearly Projected Openings

10

Personality

Realistic: People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They do well at jobs that need:

• Cautiousness
• Dependability
• Integrity
• Attention to Detail
• Self-Control
• Stress Tolerance

Tools

• Adjustable wrenches
• Anchor lines
• Binoculars
• Blowers
• Boat Trailer
• Boathooks
• Carbon monoxide analyzer
• Collection tanks
• Complex controlling devices
• Depth indicators
• Desktop computers
• Dewatering pumps
• Direction finding compasses
• Electrical jumper cable
• Emergency dye signals
• Exterior ship or boat lighting
• Fire alarm systems
• Fire extinguishers
• Fire suppression system
• Flags or accessories
• Flame arrestor
• Flares
• Gasoline engines
• Gasoline outboard motor
• Glow stick or light stick
• Grease guns
• Hand sprayers
• Insulated or flotation suits
• Kerosene or propane or natural gas or butane lantern
• Life rings
• Life vests or preservers
• Lightning protection apparatus and accessories
• Marine craft communications systems
• Marine rudders
• Marine signaling systems
• Marine steering gear
• Masks or fins or snorkels
• Metallic mirrors
• Mobile medical services first aid kits
• Nylon rope
• Oil can
• Paddles
• Radarbased surveillance systems
• Radio access equipment
• Radio beacon
• Recreational motorboats
• Reflective apparel or accessories
• Rescue light
• Rope float lines
• Safety chains
• Safety horns
• Sail booms
• Shaft collar
• Smoke signal device
• Sonars
• Strobe or warning lights
• Sump pumps
• Swivel carabiner
• Throttle
• Tie down anchors
• Tillers
• Towing hook
• Two way radios
• Utility knives
• Winches
• Wire brushes
• Wire rope

Technology

• Analytical or scientific software
• Expert system software
• Internet browser software
• Map creation software
• Mobile location based services software