Career Overlap Occupation record
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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.

Also known as shipmaster, captain of a ship, sea captain, maritime master, ship's captain.

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

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
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
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from ship captain, 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 captain 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 captain needs 33 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
  • assess vessel status working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • communicate mooring plans communication, collaboration and creativity
  • maintain voyage logs information skills
  • operate mechanical equipment of ships working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • plot shipping navigation routes working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • steer vessels working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • supervise movement of crew management skills
  • supervise movement of passengers management skills
  • vessel points of sail services
  • conduct water navigation 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 captain does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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

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