Engineering technicians
Ship's deck officer
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: +3.7% (BLS).
The job
Ships' deck officers and pilots (ISCO 3152). Ships’ deck officers and pilots command and navigate ships and similar vessels, and perform related functions on shore.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
33 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- boat captain
- boatmaster
- captain of a ship
- chief mate
- commander
- deck officer
- first mate
- helm
- helmsman
- helmswoman
- marine helmsman
- marine helmswoman
- marine pilot
- maritime pilot
- maritime ship pilot
- pilot of maritime ships
- pilot of maritime vessels
- sea captain
- ship captain
- ship chief officer
- ship deck officer
- ship first officer
- ship pilot
- ship steersman
- ship steersperson
- ship steerswoman
- ship's captain
- shipmaster
- skipper
- steersman
- steerswoman
- submarine helmsman
- vessel pilot
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.