Where a boatswain can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a boatswain already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Boatswains organise the crew on deck and at the fishing hold to execute the orders received from a superior. They coordinate the operations of maintenance, manoeuvres, assembly and repair of fishing gear and sorting, processing and preserving of the catches while observing the hygienic standards and established safety regulations.
Also known as fisheries boatswain, senior crewman, bosum, senior crewwoman.
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 36 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: fishing net maker, 75%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
A boatswain needs 28 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- operate vessel critical systems working with machinery and specialised equipment
- stand watch on vessel working with machinery and specialised equipment
- coordinate fish handling operations handling and moving
- operate ship equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- apply fishing maneuvres working with machinery and specialised equipment
- participate in the organisation of emergency drills management skills
- use fishing vessel equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- coordinate the ship crew management skills
- prepare fishing equipment management skills
- assist in ship maintenance handling and moving
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a boatswain does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- fisheries deckhand 69% covered · difficulty 42
- fisheries master 69% covered · difficulty 40.7
- deep-sea fishery worker 67% covered · difficulty 42.6
- fisheries boatman 65% covered · difficulty 44.1
- fisheries boatmaster 65% covered · difficulty 43.7
- fisheries assistant engineer 38% covered · difficulty 68.1
- fisheries observer 38% covered · difficulty 67.9
- fishing net maker 24% covered · difficulty 78.7
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Boatswain is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a boatswain’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.