Sailors and Marine Oilers
Transportation and Material MovingAI Impact Assessment
This job is relatively safe from AI automation and may even benefit from AI tools.
Sailors and Marine Oilers with an AI automation risk score of 15%. Analysis includes 28 core tasks.
Safer Career Paths
Riggers
13% AI Risk
Human-centered work and decision ownership.
Hoist and Winch Operators
2% AI Risk
Human-centered work and decision ownership.
Commercial Divers
9% AI Risk
Human-centered work and decision ownership.
Key Tasks
Maintain a ship's engines under the direction of the ship's engineering officers.
Examine machinery to verify specified pressures or lubricant flows.
Read pressure and temperature gauges or displays and record data in engineering logs.
Attach hoses and operate pumps to transfer substances to and from liquid cargo tanks.
Tie barges together into tow units for tugboats to handle
Handle lines to moor vessels to wharfs
Stand watch in ships' bows or bridge wings to look for obstructions in a ship's path or to locate navigational aids
Maintain government-issued certifications
Upskilling Courses
Data Sources
Analysis based on O*NET data
