Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a vessel engine inspector can go next

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

Vessel engine inspectors inspect ship and boat engines such as electric motors, nuclear reactors, gas turbine engines, outboard motors, two-stroke or four-stroke diesel engines, LNG, fuel dual engines and, in some cases, marine steam engines in assembly facilities to ensure compliance with safety standards and regulations. They conduct routine, post-overhaul, pre-availability and post-casualty inspections. They provide documentation for repair activities and technical support to maintenance and repair centres. They review administrative records, analyse the operating performance of engines and report their findings.

Also known as marine engine builder, boat engine builder, boat engine assembler, outboard motor inspector, electric motor inspector, two-stroke diesel engineer inspector, nuclear reactor inspector, marine engine tester, LNG engine inspector, marine steam engine inspector, four-stroke diesel engine inspector, marine engine inspector.

Technicians and associate professionals 38 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: rolling stock engine tester, 80%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
aircraft engine tester 79% covered motor vehicle engine tester 76% covered rolling stock assembly inspec… 76% covered rolling stock engine tester 80% covered aircraft assembly inspector 74% covered vessel engine inspector You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from vessel engine inspector, 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 vessel engine inspector already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A vessel engine inspector needs 20 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
  • inspect vessel manufacturing information skills
  • apply vessel engine regulations assisting and caring
  • perform inspections required by international conventions information skills
  • diagnose defective engines information skills
  • operation of different engines engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • mechanics of vessels engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • engine components engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • quality assurance procedures business, administration and law
  • conduct performance tests constructing
  • write inspection reports communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Vessel engine inspector 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 vessel engine inspector’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.