Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels
Skills & Knowledge
Most Important Skills for Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels
- Making Decisions—Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Operating Equipment—Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
- Coordinating with Others—Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Listening—Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Monitoring Performance—Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Reading—Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Thinking Critically—Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Managing People—Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
- Monitoring Equipment—Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
- Speaking—Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Most Important Knowledge Areas for Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels
- Transportation—Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
- Public Safety and Security—Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- Mechanical—Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
- Customer and Personal Service—Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Geography—Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
- Education and Training—Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- Administration and Management—Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- English Language—Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Mathematics—Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Computers and Electronics—Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Interests
Different careers may be a good fit for your personality or interests. This career is:
- Enterprising—Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.
- Realistic—Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
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Describe Your Skills
People who have worked in this career typically perform the following tasks.
These statements can help a prospective employer understand what you can do, on a resume or during an interview.
- Operating vehicles or equipment.
- Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to find or fix problems.
- Controlling machines and processes.
- Identifying information by categorizing, comparing, or detecting changes in circumstances or events.
- Making decisions or solving problems.
- Collecting information from different sources.
- Repairing and maintaining mechanical equipment.
- Monitoring information from a variety of sources to find problems.
Careers that Use Similar Skills
The following careers use skills, knowledge, and abilities that are similar to those used for Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels.
- Supervisors of Firefighters
- Firefighters
- Control and Valve Installers and Repairers
- Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
- Transportation Inspectors
- Supervisors of Construction and Extraction Workers
- Airfield Operations Specialists
- Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers
- Forest and Conservation Technicians
- Ship Engineers
- Bus and Truck Mechanics
- Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels
- Commercial Pilots
- Oil, Gas, and Mining Service Unit Operators
- Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
- Gas Plant Operators
- Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
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