Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a coastguard watch officer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a coastguard watch officer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Coastguard watch officers patrol and survey coast and sea regions to prevent accidents, as well as perform search and rescue missions in the event of an emergency. They react to emergency calls, advise on safety procedures, and prevent accidents and illegal activity at sea. Coastguard watch officers investigate shipping activities and aid during pollution incidents and in flood relief.

Also known as maritime and coastguard officer, coastguard, coastguard officer, coastguard rescue officer.

Service and sales workers 37 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: emergency response coordinator, 37%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
emergency response coordinator 37% covered street warden 33% covered emergency response worker 32% covered immigration officer 30% covered prison officer 28% covered coastguard watch officer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from coastguard watch officer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a coastguard watch officer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A coastguard watch officer needs 14 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • assist in maritime rescue operations assisting and caring
  • first response health and welfare
  • apply first response assisting and caring
  • develop contingency plans for emergencies management skills
  • coordinate rescue missions management skills
  • estimate damage information skills
  • supervise crew management skills
  • analyse weather forecast information skills
  • ensure law application assisting and caring
  • advise on safety improvements communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a coastguard watch officer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Coastguard watch officer is filed under Service and sales workers, ISCO major group 5. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a coastguard watch officer’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.