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A ship captain already meets 60% of what the deck officer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
60%
43.5/ 100
1 Share of the deck officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the ship captain profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A deck officer role treats 13 of its required skills as things a ship captain already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
- International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
- assess vessel status
- ensure vessel security
- international regulations for preventing collisions at sea
- manage staff
What stands in the way is 8 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A deck officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a ship captain background worth leading with.
- already held assess vessel status working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held plot shipping navigation routes working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held steer vessels working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held vessel points of sail services
- already held ensure vessel security information skills
- already held secure ships using rope working with machinery and specialised equipment
All 16 carried skills, including the 13 the deck officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 12 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held ensure smooth on board operations required
- required, not held consider economic criteria in decision making required
- required, not held handle stressful situations in the work place required
- optional, not held tolerate stress optional
- optional, not held make independent operating decisions optional
- required, not held work in a water transport team required
- required, not held use different communication channels required
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- required, not held assist water-based navigation required
- optional, not held manipulate sails on vessels optional
- required, not held provide first aid required
- required, not held celestial navigation required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a deck officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assist water-based navigation skill · sector specific
- 02 celestial navigation knowledge · sector specific
- 03 ensure smooth on board operations skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 16 skills that carry over
- already held Global Maritime Distress and Safety System knowledge
- already held International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships knowledge
- already held assess vessel status skill
- already held ensure vessel security skill
- already held international regulations for preventing collisions at sea knowledge
- already held manage staff skill
- already held plot shipping navigation routes skill
- already held stay up-to-date with maritime transportation technology skill
- already held steer vessels skill
- already held supervise loading of cargo skill
- already held supervise unloading of cargo skill
- already held use water navigation devices skill
- already held vessel safety equipment knowledge
- already held secure ships using rope skill
- already held use maritime English skill
- already held vessel points of sail knowledge
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held manipulate sails on vessels optional
- optional, not held tolerate stress optional
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- optional, not held make independent operating decisions optional
24 held skills the deck officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse work-related written reports skill
- not needed by the target role apply transportation management concepts skill
- not needed by the target role carry out navigational calculations skill
- not needed by the target role communicate mooring plans skill
- not needed by the target role comply with checklists skill
- not needed by the target role conduct water navigation skill
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role deal with challenging work conditions skill
- not needed by the target role ensure ongoing compliance with regulations skill
- not needed by the target role ensure public safety and security skill
- not needed by the target role follow verbal instructions skill
- not needed by the target role freight transport methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role geographic areas knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain voyage logs skill
- not needed by the target role manage ocean-going oil tankers skill
- not needed by the target role operate marine communication systems skill
- not needed by the target role operate mechanical equipment of ships skill
- not needed by the target role prepare transportation routes skill
- not needed by the target role principles of mechanical engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role supervise crew skill
- not needed by the target role supervise movement of crew skill
- not needed by the target role supervise movement of passengers skill
- not needed by the target role types of maritime vessels knowledge
- not needed by the target role warehouse operations knowledge
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held celestial navigation required
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.