CompGeo Motorboat Operators Salary Survey Benchmark Job Description and Competencies - Transportation Occupation Group

CompGeo Occupation Group: Transportation

Job Family: Marine Transportation

Benchmark Title: Motorboat Operators

Summary Job Description

Tasks

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

Maintain desired courses, using compasses or electronic navigational aids.

Follow safety procedures in order to ensure the protection of passengers, cargo, and vessels.

Operate engine throttles and steering mechanisms in order to guide boats on desired courses.

Direct safety operations in emergency situations.

Issue directions for loading, unloading, and seating in boats.

Secure boats to docks with mooring lines, and cast off lines to enable departure.

Maintain equipment such as range markers, fire extinguishers, boat fenders, lines, pumps, and fittings.

Report any observed navigational hazards to authorities.

Service motors by performing tasks such as changing oil and lubricating parts.

Arrange repairs, fuel, and supplies for vessels.

Organize and direct the activities of crew members.

Tow, push, or guide other boats, barges, logs, or rafts.

Clean boats and repair hulls and superstructures, using hand tools, paint, and brushes.

Oversee operation of vessels used for carrying passengers, motor vehicles, or goods across rivers, harbors, lakes, and coastal waters.

Take depth soundings in turning basins.

Perform general labor duties such as repairing booms.

Position booms around docked ships.

CompGeo Occupation Group: Transportation

Job Family: Marine Transportation

Benchmark Title: Motorboat Operators

Important Knowledge Competencies

Competency Description

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.

Mechanical

Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

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.

Biology

Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.

English Language

Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

CompGeo Occupation Group: Transportation

Job Family: Marine Transportation

Benchmark Title: Motorboat Operators

Important Skill Competencies

Competency Description

Operation and Control

Controlling operations of equipment or systems.

Operation Monitoring

Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.

Speaking

Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Active 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.

Judgment and Decision Making

Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

Critical Thinking

Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Monitoring

Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

Equipment Maintenance

Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.

Social Perceptiveness

Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

Service Orientation

Actively looking for ways to help people.

Complex Problem Solving

Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

Troubleshooting

Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.

Quality Control Analysis

Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.

Active Learning

Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

Coordination

Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

Management of Personnel Resources

Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.

Repairing

Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.

Instructing

Teaching others how to do something.

Equipment Selection

Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.

Time Management

Managing one's own time and the time of others.

CompGeo Occupation Group: Transportation

Job Family: Marine Transportation

Benchmark Title: Motorboat Operators

Important Ability Competencies

Competency Description

Control Precision

The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.

Far Vision

The ability to see details at a distance.

Problem Sensitivity

The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

Spatial Orientation

The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you.

Arm-Hand Steadiness

The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.

Manual Dexterity

The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.

Multilimb Coordination

The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.

Selective Attention

The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.

Oral Expression

The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

Perceptual Speed

The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.

Auditory Attention

The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.

Speech Clarity

The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.

Response Orientation

The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part.

Depth Perception

The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.

Flexibility of Closure

The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.

Time Sharing

The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources).

Finger Dexterity

The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.

Reaction Time

The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.

Near Vision

The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

Speech Recognition

The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.

Oral Comprehension

The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

Deductive Reasoning

The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

Visualization

The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.

Static Strength

The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.

Glare Sensitivity

The ability to see objects in the presence of glare or bright lighting.

Inductive Reasoning

The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

Information Ordering

The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

Category Flexibility

The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.

Rate Control

The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene.

Peripheral Vision

The ability to see objects or movement of objects to one's side when the eyes are looking ahead.

Hearing Sensitivity

The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness.

Written Comprehension

The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

Speed of Closure

The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns.

Speed of Limb Movement

The ability to quickly move the arms and legs.

Visual Color Discrimination

The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.

CompGeo Occupation Group: Transportation

Job Family: Marine Transportation

Benchmark Title: Motorboat Operators

Prerequisite Qualification Category

Education and Experience Level

Related Work Experience

Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years

Required Level of Education

Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in Personnel Services, Engineering-related Technologies, Vocational Home Economics, Construction Trades, Mechanics and Repairers, Precision Production Trades)

On-Site or In-Plant Training

Up to and including 1 month

On-the-Job Training

Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months

CompGeo Occupation Group: Transportation

Job Family: Marine Transportation

Benchmark Title: Motorboat Operators

Alternate Job Title(s)

Boat Captain

Boat Driver

Boat Operator

Boat Person

Boatman

Captain

Charter Boat Operator

Crew Boat Operator

Deckhand

Dock Hand

Harbor Master

Harbormaster

Launch Operator

Launchman

Motorboat Operator

Outboard Motorboat Operator

Pilot Boat Captain

Pilot Boat Operator

Relief Captain

Speedboat Driver

Speedboat Operator

Towboat Captain

Tugboat Captain

Watch Leader

Water Taxi Ferry Operator

Water Taxi Operator

CompGeo Occupation Group: Transportation

Job Family: Marine Transportation

Benchmark Title: Motorboat Operators

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