Career Overlap Occupation record
RecordJob

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.

Also known as crewmember, mariner.

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

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
ordinary seaman 36% covered fisheries deckhand 28% covered decksman 25% covered ship assistant engineer 22% covered maritime pilot 20% covered sailor You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from sailor, 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 sailor 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 sailor 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
  • anchors used in maritime water transport services
  • steer vessels in ports working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • watch for maritime navigation aids information skills
  • anchor ships to the port working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • operate echo sounding equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • operate traditional water depth measurement equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • guide ships into docks working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • paint ship decks constructing
  • prepare deck equipment handling and moving
  • clean ships handling and moving
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a sailor’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.