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O*NET detailed work activityMaintain watercraft engines or machinery
Stays humanHands-on work
5 jobs12 tasks
This is physical, in-person work with real objects, tools, equipment and places that change from day to day. AI can't do it for you.
Part of Maintain vehicles in working condition, under the O*NET work activity group Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 12 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Perform general marine vessel maintenance or repair work, such as repairing leaks, finishing interiors, refueling, or maintaining decks.
- Maintain boats or equipment on board, such as engines, winches, navigational systems, fire extinguishers, or life preservers.
- Maintain or repair engines, electric motors, pumps, winches, or other mechanical or electrical equipment, or assist other crew members with maintenance or repair duties.
- Grease and lubricate vehicles or specified units, such as springs, universal joints, or steering knuckles, using grease guns or spray lubricants.
- Maintain electrical power, heating, ventilation, refrigeration, water, or sewerage systems.
- Maintain equipment such as range markers, fire extinguishers, boat fenders, lines, pumps, and fittings.
- Service motors by performing tasks such as changing oil and lubricating parts.
- Lubricate machinery, equipment, or engine parts, such as gears, shafts, or bearings.
- Provide engineers with assistance in repairing or adjusting machinery.
- Maintain a ship's engines under the direction of the ship's engineering officers.