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Overview
Marine engineering technicians support marine engineers with technical functions across design, development, manufacturing, testing, installation and maintenance. The work can relate to vessels from pleasure craft to naval vessels and submarines.
In job descriptions, look for marine systems, vessel design, manufacturing support, testing, installation, maintenance, experiments, data collection, analysis and technical reporting.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Marine engineering technician work supports engineers across the life of marine vessels. The role can include design assistance, development work, manufacturing support, testing, installation, maintenance, experiments and technical reporting. Useful descriptions name the vessel type, systems involved and testing environment.
Skills and specializations
Important strengths include mechanical understanding, marine systems, test preparation, data collection, technical drawings and clear reporting. Some roles focus on pleasure craft, naval vessels, submarines or specific onboard systems. The work needs careful translation between engineering plans and practical vessel conditions.
Salary context
Salary context depends on vessel complexity, testing responsibility, installation risk, data-analysis expectations and independence in technical decisions. A role supporting trials on complex systems differs from routine maintenance documentation. Compare responsibility for findings, safety-critical details and communication with marine engineers.
Career paths
Development can move toward senior marine engineering support, vessel testing coordination, maintenance planning, technical documentation or specialized work on propulsion, onboard systems or manufacturing. A useful path shows stronger responsibility for experiments, measurements and reports that engineers rely on.
Good to know
Read vacancies for vessel type, technical systems, testing duties and whether the work happens in design, production, installation or maintenance. Broad engineering-support wording is less useful than concrete references to experiments, measurements, marine equipment and technical findings.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Engineering activities and related technical consultancy
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include aerospace engineering drafter, marine engineering drafter and rolling stock engineering drafter.
Explore this activityBuilding of ships and boats
This occupation may also occur in this activity. Other occupations there include vessel engine tester, vessel engine inspector and marine mechatronics technician.
Explore this activityWater transport
Another possibility is this activity. Another occupation there is marine surveyor.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 1
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other
17-3029.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
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These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
AltoTrail preserves the source relationship type. The order is technical and does not show which occupation is best, most relevant or recommended.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
71.12Engineering activities and related technical consultancy30.1Building of ships and boats50Water transport
Alternative labels
marine vessel engineering technician
boat engineering technician
submarine engineering technologist
marine engineering technologist
vessel technologist
submarine engineering technician
marine technologist
submarine technologist
vessel engineering technician
pleasure craft engineering technician
ship engineering technician
yacht engineering technician
cargo vessel engineering technician
vessel engineering technologist
Occupation group
mechanical engineering technician (3115.1)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/04849c5c-9236-4a75-aabb-11c6d03e459c |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 3115.1.7 |
| ISCO group | 3115 |
| Concept type | Occupation |