Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a marine chief engineer can go next

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

Marine chief engineers are responsible for the entire technical operations of the vessel including engineering, electrical, and mechanical divisions. They are the head of the entire engine department aboard the ship and have overall responsibility for all technical operations and equipment on-board the ship. Marine chief engineers collaborate on security, survival and health care on board and observe the national and international standards of application.

Also known as chief engineer of a ship, maritime chief engineer, chief ship engineer, maritime chief engineer officer, fisheries chief engineer.

Technicians and associate professionals 69 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: fisheries assistant engineer, 79%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
fisheries assistant engineer 79% covered fisheries engineering technic… 68% covered marine engineer 45% covered ship captain 32% covered fluid power engineer 31% covered marine chief engineer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from marine chief engineer, 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 marine chief engineer 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 marine chief engineer needs 24 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
  • maintain voyage logs information skills
  • operate mechanical equipment of ships working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • repair vessel electrical systems working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • maintain vessel inventory information skills
  • repair vessel mechanical systems working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • maritime electric drives engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • operate vessel engine room working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • maintain vessel engine room constructing
  • carry out navigational calculations information skills
  • International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships business, administration and law
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a marine chief engineer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Marine chief engineer is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a marine chief 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.