Category: Job Samples, Tags: Ship, Master
Basic Job Responsibilities of Ship Master Employees
Command ship to transport passengers, freight, and other cargo across oceans, bays, lakes, and in coastal waters. Set course of ship, using navigational aids, like charts, area plotting sheets, compass and sextant and orders crew worker at helm to steer ship. Determine geographical position of ship, using loran or azimuths of celestial bodies. Inspect ship to make sure that crew and passengers observe regulations pertaining to safety efficient operation of ship. Coordinate activities of crewmembers responsible for signaling devices, like ships whistle, flashing lights, flags, and radio, to signal ships in vicinity. Avoid reefs, outlying shoals, and other hazards to shipping, utilizing aids to navigation, like lights, lighthouses, and buoys. Coast Guard for steam, motor, or sail ship according to waters navigated tonnage of ship.
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Category: Job Samples, Tags: Ship, Master