Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a ship captain can go next

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

Ship captains are in charge of a vessel for the transportation of goods and passengers, operating in offshore and coastal waters. The size of the vessel can range from a small vessel to a cruise liner depending on the tonnage that they are certified to sail. Ship captains have vast experience with ships and their operation, and are likely to have worked their way through the ranks of other ship-related positions.

Technicians and associate professionals 40 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: deck officer, 60%

deck officer 60% covered port coordinator 33% covered freight transport dispatcher 28% covered maritime instructor 28% covered aircraft cargo operations coo… 28% covered ship captain You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from ship captain. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a ship captain 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 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Index

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ship captain is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. 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 ship captain 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.