Sailors and Marine Oilers
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Maintain government-issued certifications, as required.
- Lower and man lifeboats when emergencies occur.
- Handle lines to moor vessels to wharfs, to tie up vessels to other vessels, or to rig towing lines.
- Stand watch in ships' bows or bridge wings to look for obstructions in a ship's path or to locate navigational aids, such as buoys or lighthouses.
- Operate, maintain, or repair ship equipment, such as winches, cranes, derricks, or weapons system.
- Lubricate machinery, equipment, or engine parts, such as gears, shafts, or bearings.
- Break out, rig, and stow cargo-handling gear, stationary rigging, or running gear.
- Splice and repair ropes, wire cables, or cordage, using marlinespikes, wire cutters, twine, and hand tools.
- Provide engineers with assistance in repairing or adjusting machinery.
- Paint or varnish decks, superstructures, lifeboats, or sides of ships.
- Sweep, mop, and wash down decks to remove oil, dirt, and debris, using brooms, mops, brushes, and hoses.
- Chip and clean rust spots on decks, superstructures, or sides of ships, using wire brushes and hand or air chipping machines.
- Give directions to crew members engaged in cleaning wheelhouses or quarterdecks.
- Read pressure and temperature gauges or displays and record data in engineering logs.
- Examine machinery to verify specified pressures or lubricant flows.
- Attach hoses and operate pumps to transfer substances to and from liquid cargo tanks.
- Maintain a ship's engines under the direction of the ship's engineering officers.
- Tie barges together into tow units for tugboats to handle, inspecting barges periodically during voyages and disconnecting them when destinations are reached.
- Load or unload materials, vehicles, or passengers from vessels.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Stand by wheels when ships are on automatic pilot, and verify accuracy of courses, using magnetic compasses.
- Steer ships under the direction of commanders or navigating officers or direct helmsmen to steer, following designated courses.
- Stand gangway watches to prevent unauthorized persons from boarding ships while in port.
- Overhaul lifeboats or lifeboat gear and lower or raise lifeboats with winches or falls.
- Measure depth of water in shallow or unfamiliar waters, using leadlines, and telephone or shout depth information to vessel bridges.
- Relay specified signals to other ships, using visual signaling devices, such as blinker lights or semaphores.
- Participate in shore patrols.
- Clean and polish wood trim, brass, or other metal parts.
- Record data in ships' logs, such as weather conditions or distances traveled.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
