How do they match: Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels

  • Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels

  • Fishing Vessel Captain
  • Fishing Vessel Mate
  • Vessel Captain
  • Vessel Master
  • Water Vessel Captain

  • Command or supervise operations of ships and water vessels, such as tugboats and ferryboats. Required to hold license issued by U.S. Coast Guard.

  • Assign watches or living quarters to crew members.
  • Direct or coordinate crew members or workers performing activities such as loading or unloading cargo, steering vessels, operating engines, or operating, maintaining, or repairing ship equipment.
  • Dock or undock vessels, sometimes maneuvering through narrow spaces, such as locks.
  • Inspect vessels to ensure efficient and safe operation of vessels and equipment and conformance to regulations.
  • Interview and hire crew members.
  • Serve as a vessel's docking master upon arrival at a port or at a berth.
  • Signal crew members or deckhands to rig tow lines, open or close gates or ramps, or pull guard chains across entries.
  • Signal passing vessels, using whistles, flashing lights, flags, or radios.
  • Stand watches on vessels during specified periods while vessels are under way.
  • Steer and operate vessels, using radios, depth finders, radars, lights, buoys, or lighthouses.
  • Supervise crews in cleaning or maintaining decks, superstructures, or bridges.