Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
RecordOccupation

Where a sailor can go next

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

Sailors assist the ship captain and any crew higher in hierarchy to operate ships. They dust and wax furniture and polish wood trim, sweep floors and decks, and polish brass and other metal parts. They inspect, repair, and maintain sails and rigging, and paint or varnish surfaces. They make emergency repairs to the auxiliary engine. Sailors may stow supplies and equipment and record data in log, such as weather conditions and distance travelled.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 32 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: ordinary seaman, 36%

ordinary seaman 36% covered fisheries deckhand 28% covered decksman 25% covered ship assistant engineer 22% covered maritime pilot 20% covered sailor You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from sailor. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a sailor already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Index

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sailor is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a sailor already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.