Boatswain
Code 8350.1
Boatswains organise the crew on deck and at the fishing hold to execute the orders received from a superior. They coordinate the operations of maintenance, manoeuvres, assembly and repair of fishing gear and sorting, processing and preserving of the catches while observing the hygienic standards and established safety regulations.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
- code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries
- international regulations for preventing collisions at sea
- fishing gear
- fishing vessels
- quality of fish products
- fisheries legislation
- pollution prevention
- risks associated with undertaking fishing operations
Skills and competences
- extinguish fires
- apply fishing maneuvres
- assist in ship maintenance
- support vessel manoeuvres
- preserve fish products
- coordinate the ship crew
- coordinate fish handling operations
- operate ship equipment
- use fishing vessel equipment
- handle cargo
- handle fish products
- swim
- operate vessel critical systems
- participate in the organisation of emergency drills
- prepare fishing equipment
- stand watch on vessel
- maintain safe navigation watches
- survive at sea in the event of ship abandonment
Transversal competences
- train employees
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences