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Motorboat Operators - 53-5022.00

O*NET-SOC Description

Operate small motor-driven boats. May assist in navigational activities.

Sample of Reported Job Titles

  • Boat Operator
  • Crew Boat Operator
  • Harbor Pilot
  • Launch Operator
  • Launchman
  • Motorboat Operator
  • River Pilot
  • Shoreboat Driver
  • Water Taxi Business Operator
  • Water Taxi Operator

SOC Occupation Groups

Related Occupations

Tasks

  • Arrange repairs, fuel, and supplies for vessels.
  • Clean boats and repair hulls and superstructures, using hand tools, paint, and brushes.
  • Direct safety operations in emergency situations.
  • Follow safety procedures to ensure the protection of passengers, cargo, and vessels.
  • Issue directions for loading, unloading, and seating in boats.
  • Maintain desired courses, using compasses or electronic navigational aids.
  • Maintain equipment such as range markers, fire extinguishers, boat fenders, lines, pumps, and fittings.
  • Operate engine throttles and steering mechanisms to guide boats on desired courses.
  • Organize and direct the activities of crew members.
  • Oversee operation of vessels used for carrying passengers, motor vehicles, or goods across rivers, harbors, lakes, and coastal waters.
  • Perform general labor duties such as repairing booms.
  • Position booms around docked ships.
  • Report any observed navigational hazards to authorities.
  • Secure boats to docks with mooring lines, and cast off lines to enable departure.
  • Service motors by performing tasks such as changing oil and lubricating parts.
  • Take depth soundings in turning basins.
  • Tow, push, or guide other boats, barges, logs, or rafts.

Detailed Work Activities

  • Arrange maintenance activities.
  • Clean vessels or marine equipment.
  • Direct emergency management activities.
  • Direct material handling or moving activities.
  • Direct passenger or freight transport activities.
  • Follow safety procedures for vehicle operation.
  • Maintain watercraft engines or machinery.
  • Maintain work equipment or machinery.
  • Measure the level or depth of water or other liquids.
  • Navigate water vessels.
  • Notify others of emergencies, problems, or hazards.
  • Operate ships or other watercraft.
  • Position material handling equipment.
  • Secure watercraft to docks, wharves or other vessels.

Military Crosswalk Titles

  • (11) Meter Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB) Coxswain (Navy - Enlisted)
  • 7 Meter Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB) Coxswain (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Able Seaman (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Medical Service (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Medical Service Apprentice (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Medical Service Apprentice, Aeromedical Education Technician (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Medical Service Apprentice, Allergy/Immunization Technician (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Medical Service Apprentice, Flight and Operational Medical Technician (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Medical Service Apprentice, Independent Duty Medical Technician (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Medical Service Apprentice, National Registry Paramedic (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Medical Service Apprentice, Neurodiagnostic Medical Technician (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Medical Service Craftsman (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Medical Service Craftsman, Aeromedical Education Technician (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Medical Service Craftsman, Allergy/Immunization Technician (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Medical Service Craftsman, Flight and Operational Medical Technician (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Medical Service Craftsman, Independent Duty Medical Technician (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Medical Service Craftsman, National Registry Paramedic (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Medical Service Craftsman, Neurodiagnostic Medical Technician (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Medical Service Helper (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Medical Service Helper, Aeromedical Education Technician (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Medical Service Helper, Allergy/Immunization Technician (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Medical Service Helper, Flight and Operational Medical Technician (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Medical Service Helper, Independent Duty Medical Technician (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Medical Service Helper, National Registry Paramedic (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Medical Service Helper, Neurodiagnostic Medical Technician (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Medical Service Journeyman (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Medical Service Journeyman, Aeromedical Education Technician (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Medical Service Journeyman, Allergy/Immunization Technician (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Medical Service Journeyman, Flight and Operational Medical Technician (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Medical Service Journeyman, Independent Duty Medical Technician (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Medical Service Journeyman, National Registry Paramedic (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Medical Service Journeyman, Neurodiagnostic Medical Technician (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Aerospace Medical Service Superintendent (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV) Crewmember (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Assistant Navigator (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Boatswain Specialty (Coast Guard - Warrant Officer only)
  • Boatswain's Mate (Coast Guard - Enlisted)
  • Boatswain's Mate (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Cannon Crewmember (Army - Enlisted)
  • Causeway Barge Ferry Coxswain (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Causeway Lighterage Craftmaster (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Cavalry Scout (Army - Enlisted)
  • Combat Engineer (Army - Enlisted)
  • Combat Engineer (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Combat Medic Specialist (Army - Enlisted)
  • Combat Rubber Reconnaissance Craft (CRRC) Coxswain (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Critical Skills Operator (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Deep Submergence Vehicle (DSV) Operator (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Diver (Coast Guard - Enlisted)
  • Diving Specialist (Coast Guard - Warrant Officer only)
  • Force Protection Boat Coxswain (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Harbor/Docking Pilot (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Health Services Management (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Health Services Management Apprentice (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Health Services Management Craftsman (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Health Services Management Craftsman, Health Information Technology (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Health Services Management Helper (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Health Services Management Journeyman (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Health Services Management Journeyman, Health Information Technology (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Health Services Management Superintendent (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Hospital Corpsman (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) Operator (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Landing Craft Air Cushion Craftmaster (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Landing Craft Utility Craftsmaster (Navy - Enlisted)
  • LCAC Craft Pilot 2nd Position (C2P) (Navy - Enlisted)
  • LCAC Operator (Navy - Enlisted)
  • LCAC-100 Deck Engineer (Navy - Enlisted)
  • LCAC-100 Flight Engineer (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Marine Deck Officer (Army - Warrant Officer only)
  • Marine Safety Specialist Deck (Coast Guard - Warrant Officer only)
  • Marine Safety Specialist Engineer (Coast Guard - Warrant Officer only)
  • Maritime Expeditionary Security Force (MESF) Coxswain (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Maritime Expeditionary Security Force (MESF) Operator (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Navigation Administrator (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Navigation Manager (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Navigation Specialist (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Navy Diver (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Operations Systems Specialist (Coast Guard - Warrant Officer only)
  • Ordinary Seaman (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Pararescue (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Pararescue Apprentice (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Pararescue Craftsman (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Pararescue Helper (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Pararescue Journeyman (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Pararescue Superintendent (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Quartermaster (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Quartermaster Journeyman (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Reconnaissance Marine (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Rigid Raiding Craft (RRC)/Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) Coxswain (Marine Corps - Enlisted)
  • Seaman (Coast Guard - Enlisted)
  • Seaman (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Special Reconnaissance (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Special Reconnaissance Apprentice (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Special Reconnaissance Craftsman (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Special Reconnaissance Helper (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Special Reconnaissance Journeyman (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Special Reconnaissance Superintendent (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Special Warfare Boat Operator (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Special Warfare Combatant Craft Technician CWO (Navy - Commissioned Officer only)
  • Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewman Master (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewman Senior (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Special Warfare Operator (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Submarine Assistant Navigator (ANAV) (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape (SERE) Specialist (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape (SERE) Specialist Apprentice (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape (SERE) Specialist Craftsman (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape (SERE) Specialist Helper (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape (SERE) Specialist Journeyman (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape (SERE) Specialist Superintendent (Air Force - Enlisted)
  • Tugmaster (Navy - Enlisted)
  • Unit Supply Specialist (Army - Enlisted)
  • Watercraft Engineer (Army - Enlisted)
  • Watercraft Operator (Army - Enlisted)
  • Wheeled Vehicle Mechanic (Army - Enlisted)

Apprenticeship Crosswalk Titles

No information available.

DOT Crosswalk Titles

  • Dock Hand
  • Motorboat Operator