Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a marine mechanic can go next

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

Marine mechanics are in charge of the engines and mechanical parts of the vessel and replace defective equipment and parts. They communicate with other crew members on the operational level. Marine mechanics maintain and repair the engines and other machinery of vessels such as boilers, generators and electrical equipment.

Also known as cargo ship mechanic, container ship mechanic, mechanic on a ship, ship machinist, merchant ship mechanic, cruise ship mechanic, passenger ship mechanic.

Craft and related trades workers 64 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: helmsman, 39%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
helmsman 39% covered ship duty engineer 34% covered aircraft maintenance technici… 33% covered aircraft maintenance engineer 31% covered vessel engine tester 30% covered marine mechanic You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from marine mechanic, 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 mechanic already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

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

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A marine mechanic needs 37 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
  • prepare equipment for navigation operations working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • prepare main engines for navigation operations working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • distinguish ship construction methods information skills
  • manage vessel control systems working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • prevent damage to electrical devices on board constructing
  • execute safety assurance exercises assisting and caring
  • functions of vessel deck equipment engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • inland waterway ship building engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • national waterways services
  • repair vessel mechanical systems working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Marine mechanic is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. 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 marine mechanic’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.