Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a ship assistant engineer can go next

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

Ship assistant engineers assist the ship chief engineer and the ship duty engineer in the operations of the ship's hull. They support the operation of the main engines, steering mechanism, electrical generation and other major subsystems. They communicate with maritime engineers about the performance of technical operations. They also ensure appropriate safety and regulatory standards compliance and are able to take on higher level positions if needed.

Also known as third assistant engineer, assistant maritime engineer, junior engineer, assistant ship engineer, junior ship engineer, maritime assistant engineer, second assistant engineer, assistant shipping engineer, junior chief engineer, shipping assistant engineer.

Technicians and associate professionals 33 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: ship duty engineer, 65%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
ship duty engineer 65% covered engine minder 40% covered sailor 24% covered ordinary seaman 23% covered marine chief engineer 21% covered ship assistant engineer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from ship assistant 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 ship assistant 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 ship assistant engineer needs 26 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
  • manage on-board water systems working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • manage ship electrical systems working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • perform routine lube oil tests information skills
  • regulation on the discharge of raw materials into the sea engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • manage vessel engines and systems working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • perform bunkering handling and moving
  • perform routine maintenance of ship engines constructing
  • provide support in vessel machinery systems working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • operate diesel propulsion plants working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • operate sewage treatment plans on ships working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Ship assistant 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 ship 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.