Where a fisheries assistant engineer can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a fisheries assistant engineer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Fisheries assistant engineers assist the marine chief engineer with checking operations and maintenance of the propulsion plant, machinery and auxiliary equipment of the ship. They collaborate on security, survival and health care on board, observing the national and international standards of application.
Also known as assistant ship mechanic, fisheries engineer's assistant, fishing vessel assistant engineer, assistant naval mechanic.
Craft and related trades workers 20 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: fishing net maker, 44%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
A fisheries assistant engineer 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.
- manage ship emergency plans management skills
- coordinate fire fighting management skills
- operate ship propulsion system working with machinery and specialised equipment
- operate ship rescue machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
- prevent sea pollution assisting and caring
- risks associated with undertaking fishing operations agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- fishing vessels agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships business, administration and law
- fisheries legislation agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- international regulations for preventing collisions at sea business, administration and law
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a fisheries assistant engineer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- marine chief engineer 79% covered · difficulty 20.7
- fisheries deckhand 73% covered · difficulty 27.4
- boatswain 69% covered · difficulty 31.6
- deep-sea fishery worker 58% covered · difficulty 40.5
- fisheries engineering technician 56% covered · difficulty 42.9
- fisheries observer 48% covered · difficulty 49.1
- fishing net maker 23% covered · difficulty 69.5
- deck officer 21% covered · difficulty 71.6
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Fisheries assistant engineer is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. 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 fisheries assistant engineer’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.