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Overview
The role combines safe navigation, lookout duties, cargo handling, ship-operation checks, crew coordination and care for people aboard at the operational level.
In job descriptions, look for navigation watches, bridge routines, cargo loading or discharge, stowage, port arrival and departure, crew movement, shipment routing, alertness and smooth onboard operations.
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Officers of the watch work from the bridge and ship operations context, keeping the vessel’s navigation watch active while cargo work, port movements and people aboard remain coordinated. The role requires alertness over long assigned periods.
Skills and specializations
Useful capability includes safe navigation watches, lookout duties, cargo handling, stowage, port arrival and departure oversight, crew coordination and shipment routing. Some roles emphasize bridge watchkeeping, while others add stronger cargo or crew-movement responsibility.
Salary context
Pay context depends on vessel type, watch responsibility, port or sea pattern, cargo complexity, crew coordination, safety accountability and whether the role includes wider operational control beyond the bridge watch.
Career paths
Entry normally builds from maritime training and deck experience. Development can move toward senior deck officer duties, cargo operations, port coordination, vessel operations management, route planning or captain-track responsibility.
Good to know
Check whether vacancies name the watch system, vessel type, cargo duties, port schedule and bridge responsibilities. The clearest adverts state who holds command authority during routine and abnormal situations.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for officer of the watch work. It is not official labour-market statistics or 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.
Water transport
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include deck officer, maritime pilot and ship duty engineer.
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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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50Water transport
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Occupation group
Ships' deck officers and pilots (3152)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/17e39591-7137-4960-94c8-8169f7a5d67b |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 3152.6 |
| ISCO group | 3152 |
| Concept type | Occupation |