Ship Engineers
Supervise and coordinate activities of crew engaged in operating and maintaining engines, boilers, deck machinery, and electrical, sanitary, and refrigeration equipment aboard ship.
Also called: Assistant Engineer, Chief Engineer, Engineer, Port Engineer
Knowledge:
Engineering and Technology
- mechanical
- product and service development
- movement of people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road
Skills:
- thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
- keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
Abilites:
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
- keep your arm or hand steady
- put together small parts with your fingers
- notice when problems happen
- use rules to solve problems
- quickly change the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need
- Dependability
- Analytical Thinking
- Attention to Detail
- Independence
- Integrity
- Self Control
Technology:
Facilities management software
- Computerized maintenance management system CMMS
- Damen DAMOS
Data base user interface and query software
- Kongsberg Maritime K-LOG Electronic Logbooks
- Microsoft Access
Education:
certificate after high school
