Transport
Deckhand
Key facts
This job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is low. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, low according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +1.9% (BLS).
The job
Ships’ deck crews and related workers (ISCO 8350). Ship’s deck crews and related workers carry out deck duties on board ships and similar duties on board other water-borne craft.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
47 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- AB
- able seaman
- able seawoman
- barge crew member
- barge engine minder
- boat crew member
- boatswain
- bosum
- canal boat crew member
- canal boat engine minder
- canal narrowboat crew member
- canal narrowboat engine minder
- crew member
- crewmember
- dayworker
- decksman
- engine minder
- engine minder on vessels
- fisheries boatswain
- fisheries deckhand
- fisheries sailor
- fisherman
- fisherwoman
- fishing vessel deckhand
- general purpose crew member
- general purpose hand
- mariner
- matrose
- narrow boat crew member
- narrow boat engine minder
- narrowboat crew member
- narrowboat engine minder
- on board engine minder
- ordinary seaman
- ordinary seawoman
- OS
- sailor
- seaman recruit
- seamanship apprentice
- senior crewman
- senior crewwoman
- ship engine operator
- trawlerman
- trawlerwoman
- vessel engine operator
- watchstander
- yacht deckshand
Training
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Gauges
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Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.