Houseboat Captain

Umm al-Quwain City, United Arab Emirates

Job Description

  • Interview and hire crew members
  • Maintain boats and equipment on board, such as engines, winches, navigational systems, fire extinguishers, and life preservers
  • Measure depths of water, using depth-measuring equipment
  • Purchase supplies and equipment
  • Read gauges to verify sufficient levels of hydraulic fluid, air pressure, and oxygen
  • Resolve questions or problems with customs officials
  • Signal-passing vessels, using whistles, flashing lights, flags, and radios
  • Tow and maneuver barges, or signal tugboats to tow barges to destinations
  • Perform various marine duties such as checking for oil spills or other pollutants around ports and harbors, and patrolling beaches
  • Sort logs, form log booms, and salvage lost logs
  • Calculate sightings of land, using electronic sounding devices, and following contour lines on charts
  • Compute positions, set courses, and determine speeds, by using charts, area plotting sheets, compasses, sextants, and knowledge of local conditions
  • Direct and coordinate crew members or workers performing activities such as loading and unloading cargo, steering vessels, operating engines, and operating, maintaining, and repairing ship equipment
  • Maintain records of daily activities, personnel reports, ship positions and movements, ports of call, weather and sea conditions, pollution control efforts, and/or cargo and passenger status
  • Monitor the loading and discharging of passengers
  • Signal crew members or deckhands to rig tow lines, open or close gates and ramps, and pull guard chains across entries
  • Steer and operate vessels, using radios, depth finders, radars, lights, buoys, and lighthouses
  • Arrange for ships to be fueled, restocked with supplies, and/or repaired
  • Assign watches and living quarters to crew members
Job Type: Full-time Ability to commute/relocate:
  • Umm al-Quwain City: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD1613735
  • Industry
    Not mentioned
  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Umm al-Quwain City, United Arab Emirates
  • Education
    Not mentioned