50 Best Jobs for Your Personality

Part IV: Descriptions of the 50 Best Jobs for Each Personality Type _______________________________

Ship and Boat Captains .................................................

! Personality Code: ER

! Education/Training Required: Work
experience in a related occupation
! Annual Earnings: $57,210

! Beginning Wage: $29,530

! Earnings Growth Potential: High

! Growth: 17.9%

! Annual Job Openings: 2,665

! Self-Employed: 6.8%

! Part-Time: 4.8%

! e job openings listed here are shared with Mates—

Ship, Boat, and Barge, and with Pilots, Ship.

Command vessels in oceans, bays, lakes, rivers,

and coastal waters. Assign watches and living quar-

ters to crew members. Sort logs, form log booms, and

salvage lost logs. Perform various marine duties such

as checking for oil spills or other pollutants around

ports and harbors, and patrolling beaches. Contact

buyers to sell cargo such as fi sh. Tow and maneu-

ver barges, or signal for tugboats to tow barges to

destinations. Signal passing vessels, using whistles,

fl ashing lights, fl ags, and radios. Resolve questions

or problems with customs offi cials. Read gauges to

verify suffi cient levels of hydraulic fl uid, air pressure,

and oxygen. Purchase supplies and equipment. Mea-

sure depths of water, using depth-measuring equip-

ment. Maintain boats and equipment on board, such

as engines, winches, navigational systems, fi re extin-

guishers, and life preservers. Collect fares from cus-

tomers, or signal ferryboat helpers to collect fares.

Arrange for ships to be fueled, restocked with sup-

plies, and/or repaired. Signal crew members or deck-

hands to rig tow lines, open or close gates and ramps,

and pull guard chains across entries. Maintain records

of daily activities, personnel reports, ship positions

and movements, ports of call, weather and sea condi-

tions, pollution control eff orts, and/or cargo and pas-

senger statuses. Inspect vessels to ensure effi cient and

safe operation of vessels and equipment, and confor-

mance to regulations. Direct and coordinate crew

members or workers performing activities such as

loading and unloading cargo, steering vessels, operat-

ing engines, and operating, maintaining, and repair-

ing ship equipment. Compute positions, set courses,

and determine speeds by using charts, area plotting

sheets, compasses, sextants, and knowledge of local

conditions. Calculate sightings of land, using elec-

tronic sounding devices, and following contour lines

on charts. Monitor the loading and discharging of

cargo or passengers. Interview and hire crew mem-

bers. Steer and operate vessels, using radios, depth

fi nders, radars, lights, buoys, and lighthouses.

GOE—Interest Area/Cluster: 16. Tra nsportation,

Distribution, and Logistics. Work Group: 16.05.

Water Vehicle Operation. Other Jobs in " is Work

Group: Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Ves-

sels; Dredge Operators; Mates—Ship, Boat, and

Barge; Motorboat Operators; Pilots, Ship; Sailors

and Marine Oilers.

Skills: Operation and Control; Operation Monitor-

ing; Equipment Maintenance; Judgment and Deci-

sion Making; Troubleshooting; Management of

Personnel Resources; Repairing; Management of

Material Resources.

Education and Training Programs: Commercial

Fishing; Marine Science/Merchant Marine Offi -

cer; Marine Transportation, Other. Related Knowl-

edge/Courses: Transportation; Geography; Public

Safety and Security; Telecommunications; Psychol-

ogy; Mechanical Devices.

Work Env ironment : Outdoors; standing; using

hands on objects, tools, or controls; repetitive

motions.