Job Summary:

Responsible for using emergency, lifesaving, damage control, and safety equipment on a merchant ship, performing general maintenance, repair, and sanitation duties, and standing watch to ensure the ship maintains a steady course.

Primary duties Work on a merchant ship.

Sit up and watch as a helmsman.
Maintain a steady course, follow all rudder orders properly and communicate using navigational heading and steering terms.
Stand watches related to safety, such as a gangway watch or anchor watch, while the ship is not in motion.
Perform general maintenance, repair, sanitation and renovation of deck department materials, equipment and areas.
Maintain the metal structures of the ship by chipping, scraping, washing, priming, and painting.
Hull, decks, superstructure, freight gear and smoke stack were swept, restored and patched.
Perform lifeboat repairs, rescue boats and life rafts, and control equipment for emergency and damage.
Using emergency equipment, lifesaving equipment, management of damage and protection.
Perform all operations related to lifesaving equipment launching.
Operate deck machinery during mooring and un-mooring, such as windlass or winches, and operate cargo gear.
Look for obstacles in the vessel's direction.
Cut down, rig, repair and store equipment for cargo handling, stationary rigging and running gear.
Navigate the vessel and interact visually with other vessels.
Lowers and raises winched or fallen lifeboats.
Using visual communication aids, such as light and semaphore blinkers.
Gives crew instructions.
Assists with the cleaning of the deck and performs various unit duties separately.
Regular maintenance for preserving the ship's painted surfaces and maintaining lines.
Part of the emergency response team on the shipboard.
Once appointed to be watch-keeper, he is responsible for correspondence, safety watches and deck watches during operations.
Informs third party inspection and maintenance safety executive.
Measures water depth in deep or unfamiliar waters and provides bridge data.
Upgrades lifeboats and lifeboat gear and winds or drops up or down.
Using hand tools to splice and patch cables and ropes.
Performs any other duties that may be required or delegated

Qualifications Required

High School Diploma or GED is required. It is expected to have vocational training.
Operational experience related to ship crane and deck for one to two years.
Training in the oil and gas industry in the Gulf of Mexico is favored.
Knowledge of procedures for the SMS shipboard.
Credential of merchant mariner (Z-card) with endorsement of AB Unlimited.
RFPNW (Rate Forming Part of a Navigational Watch) approval of STCW-95 (Standard Training and Watch Keeping Certification).
Valid license for driver.
Valid card for TWIC.

Knowledge, skills and other attributes

Knowledge of appropriate measures to solve analytical problems.
Ability to create cooperative working relationships and to sustain them.
Ability to work in a team environment, be attentive to feedback, understand obligations, and participate actively with others to achieve desired goals and assignments.
Treat others equally and respectfully.
Knowledge of the laws, rules, regulations, business goals, vision, structure of the company, community, ideology, principles and values of service, etc.
Ability to set task goals and manage them.
Searches for new experiences in reading.
Identifies what needs to be done before being questioned or demanded and takes action.

Additional Working Conditions:

This job is considered to be OFFSHORE WORK defined as follows.

Day and night outside and indoors, as well as over / near air.
Requires moving equipment or vibrating equipment to operate on or close.
The temperature is often higher than 90%, the sound is more than 85 decibels and the light is bright.
Potential fire / flames / sparks opening view.
Constant exposure to dirt, fumes, and contaminants in the air.
The surface of the work is solid, the height is high.
Physical activity / requirements The physical requirements listed here are indicative of those that an individual must meet in order to perform the essential functions of this position successfully.
Reasonable arrangements can be made to allow disabled persons to perform the essential functions. This position is known as the work of HEAVY.

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