Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels
Military Training
Operations Staff
| Job Title: | Boatswain |
| Branch: | Coast Guard |
| Class: | Warrant Officer |
| Job Title: | Boatswain Specialty |
| Branch: | Coast Guard |
| Class: | Warrant Officer |
| Job Title: | First Lieutenant, Afloat |
| Branch: | Navy |
| Class: | Commissioned Officer, Warrant Officer |
| Description: | Supervises deck force in performance of seamanship functions and evolutions. Prepares work schedules. Directs mooring, docking, anchoring, fueling, towing and transferring of personnel and cargo at sea. Directs operation and maintenance of deck machinery. Arranges for cargo handling. Assigns boats and boat crews. Maintains readiness of boats and survival equipage. Directs cleaning and preservation of weather decks, ship's exterior, running gear, ground tackle and boatswain's stores. Approves watch, quarter and station assignments. |
| Job Title: | Operations Officer, Afloat (General) |
| Branch: | Navy |
| Class: | Commissioned Officer, Warrant Officer |
| Description: | Coordinates ship's operations, training and tactical planning. Organizes operations department and delegates responsibilities for communications, Combat Information Center (CIC) and sonar activities. Confers periodically with commanding officer and department heads in preparation of ship's operation plans and training schedules. Conducts briefings. Directs underwater, surface and air searches and electronic countermeasures. Evaluates and disseminates operational information, advising command on required tactics and ship movements and controlling airborne aircraft through CIC officer. Supervises electronic equipment repair. |
| Job Title: | Ship's Boatswain |
| Branch: | Navy |
| Class: | Commissioned Officer, Warrant Officer |
| Description: | Assists first lieutenant by supervising deck force in execution of major seamanship functions and maintenance of topside gear. Supervises cargo handling. Inspects and maintains rigging and deck gear. Supervises anchoring, mooring, fueling, towing, transferring of personnel and cargo and operation and maintenance of ship's boats. Controls unusual seamanship operations such as retrieving target drones. Schedules training for deck division personnel. Supervises maintenance of abandon-ship equipment and instructs in abandon-ship techniques. |
| Job Title: | Ship's Navigator (General) |
| Branch: | Navy |
| Class: | Commissioned Officer, Warrant Officer |
| Description: | Directs activities of navigation department. Maintains accurate plot of ship's position by means of celestial navigation, piloting, electronic devices and navigational tables and formulas. Establishes ship's position in pilot waters by fathometer readings and ranges and bearings on land objects. Operates Loran, radio direction finder and fathometer. Evaluates radar data in determining ranges and bearings. Advises commanding officer of course and location. Plots course to be steered. Maintains all navigation equipment. |
| Job Title: | Ship's Navigator (Inertial Systems) |
| Branch: | Navy |
| Class: | Commissioned Officer, Warrant Officer |
| Description: | Directs activities of navigation department. Maintains accurate plot of ship's position by means of celestial navigation, piloting, electronic devices and navigational tables and formulas. Establishes ship's position in pilot waters by fathometer readings and ranges and bearings on land objects. Operates Loran, radio direction finder and fathometer. Evaluates radar data in determining ranges and bearings. Advises commanding officer of course and location. Plots course to be steered. Maintains all navigation equipment. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: Defense Manpower Data Center. (Using onet28)
