ordinary seaman

Job Zone

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4
5. 5

Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed

Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.

Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.

Occupational interest profile

RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order

• R Realistic6.97
• C Conventional3.96
• I Investigative2.62
• E Enterprising2.41
• S Social1.24
• A Artistic1.00

RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.

Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Sailors and Marine Oilers (53-5011.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.

Typically associated skills

Essential (25)

ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.

• Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
• assist water-based navigation
• clean ships
• follow hygienic procedures during food processing
• handle cargo
• handle stressful situations in the work place
• load cargo onto ships
• maintain ropes
• maintain ship brightwork
• maintain vessel engine room
• maintain vessel safety and emergency equipment
• moor vessels
• operate life-saving appliances
• perform lookout duties during maritime operations
• physical parts of the vessel
• principles of cargo stowage
• secure cargo on ships
• secure ships using rope
• sort waste
• swim
• types of maritime vessels
• unmoor vessels
• use different types of fire extinguishers
• use maritime English
• vessel safety equipment