Small cabotage captain - Salary and Career
Marine, river and deck fishermen

Small cabotage captain - Career description, activities, functions and salary

They navigate, dock and undock vessels, manage crew, operate vessel equipment, monitor vessel loading and unloading and control passenger embarkation and disembarkation. They record vessel data, supervise vessel maintenance, manage material and financial resources, manage nautical signaling and perform nautical signaling services.

How much does an Small cabotage captain earn

A Small cabotage captain earns between $1.971 and $5.849 per month, with an average monthly salary of $2.971 and a median salary of $2.694 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 485 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).


Salary ranges for the Small cabotage captain

Monthly Salary Annual Salary Salary Per Week Hourly Salary
Average wage 2.971 35.649 743 15
1º Quartile 1.971 23.652 493 10
Median Salary 2.694 32.328 674 13
3º Quartile 4.461 53.528 1.115 22
Higher Salary 5.849 70.188 1.462 29


Professional job categories

  • Middle level technicians
    • medium level technicians in transport services
      • technicians in air, sea and river navigation
        • marine, river and deck fishermen

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Main workplaces

Marine, river and deck fishermen the positions of this CBO family carry out their functions in waterway transport companies, maritime or river navigation, fishing industry or related and auxiliary transport activities. They are hired as salaried workers, with a formal contract. They are organized in the form of hierarchical work and work in open-air environments. In some occupations, professionals carry out their activities with permanent supervision, in others, with occasional supervision. Work in person and in some occupations at irregular hours. They work in uncomfortable positions for long periods, are subject to constant stress and the action of intense noise, vibration and vessel movement in other occupations. In some occupations, they still work in confined work conditions.


What does it take to work in the field of Marine, river and deck fishermen

These occupations are performed by people with completed elementary school education, plus a basic qualification course with more than four hundred hours in other occupations with a technical course (at high school level or complete high school). The full exercise of activities occurs after five years of professional experience.


Functions and activities of Small cabotage captain

Marine, river and deck fishermen must:

  • manage nautical signaling;
  • navigate vessels;
  • control passenger embarkation and disembarkation;
  • register vessel data/nautical signs;
  • navigating vessels;
  • mooring and unmooring vessels;
  • perform nautical signaling services;
  • manage material and financial resources;
  • demonstrate personal skills;
  • manage crew;
  • moor and unmoor vessels;
  • perform the nautical signaling services;
  • operating vessel equipment;
  • register vessel data/nautical signals;
  • control embarkation and disembarkation of passengers;
  • monitor vessel loading and unloading;
  • supervise maintenance of vessel/nautical signs;
  • operate vessel equipment;
  • supervise vessel maintenance/nautical signs;
  • browse vessels;

  • Activities

    • work in conditions of social isolation;
    • update nautical charts and publications;
    • monitor seaworthiness;
    • check cargo conditions;
    • disclose rules and regulations;
    • inspect living quarters of vessel;
    • maneuvering vessels according to ripeam standards;
    • start the machinery section, for mooring and unmooring;
    • inspect conditions of working and mooring cables;
    • instruct passengers on in-flight rules and regulations;
    • triggering vessel regulation lights;
    • check cargo lashing;
    • inspect vessel conservation conditions;
    • perform maintenance of the vessel on the dock (docking);
    • serve passengers in adverse situations;
    • work as a team;
    • manage onboard costing;
    • open and close holds (hatches);
    • tow vessels;
    • classify loads;
    • train newbies;
    • monitor vessel draft;
    • guide the use of personal protective equipment;
    • monitor navigability conditions;
    • check cargo hold conditions;
    • fill out cargo book;
    • check cargo documentation;
    • fill crew roll (crew roll);
    • fill on board map for ibama;
    • work in adverse conditions;
    • inspect operational conditions of anchoring and mooring equipment;
    • fill out crew roll (crew roll);
    • testing the electrical and electronic equipment of the nautical signals;
    • request materials;
    • express yourself orally;
    • supervise the control of the historical record of nautical signals;
    • identifying situations of imminent danger;
    • check passenger baggage;
    • work as a team;
    • operate communication equipment;
    • apply warnings and other punishments;
    • request port support services;
    • write minutes of meetings;
    • supervise the distribution of nautical signaling personnel (technicians and auxiliaries);
    • share common spaces;
    • monitor cargo arrangement;
    • make a poita (concrete box);
    • analyze visibility conditions;
    • disclose health information;
    • pay crew;
    • train newbies;
    • request repair services;
    • perform nautical signal maintenance;
    • inspect provision of material to contain pollutants;
    • monitor fish conservation conditions;
    • start the machinery section, for berthing and unberthing;
    • activate machinery section, for mooring and unmooring;
    • maneuver vessels;
    • fill in deck loads and dangerous loads;
    • operate echo sounder (echo sounder);
    • guid crew on environmental issues;
    • supervise vessel conservation conditions;
    • inspect vessel's habitable compartments;
    • develop special instructions for nautical signaling;
    • write navigation log;
    • position the nautical signals;
    • determine working hours;
    • guide crew for emergency situations;
    • operate loading and unloading winch;
    • analyze tidal conditions;
    • positioning access and safety equipment;
    • organize vessel and cargo documentation;
    • inform receiving unit about cargo characteristics;
    • operating pollution fighting equipment;
    • display vessel for passengers;
    • repair nautical signal structures and equipment;
    • operating fire and rescue equipment;
    • check cargo securing;
    • make decisions under unfavorable conditions;
    • issue documentation for entry, exit and stay in port;
    • issue vessel readiness notification;
    • inventory materials;
    • show patience in carrying out activities;
    • report vessel position and estimated time of arrival;
    • show self-control;
    • write communication diary;
    • fill out nautical signal historical form;
    • analyze wind conditions;
    • fill out garbage dispatch documentation;
    • inspect firefighting and rescue equipment;
    • mounting the nautical signals;
    • analyze vessel traffic conditions;
    • adapt to the vessel's movement;
    • manning bridge;
    • planning nautical signaling services;
    • operating guidance equipment for geographic positioning;
    • control the stock of spare nautical signals;
    • buy inputs;
    • instruct passengers to embark and disembark;
    • distribute tasks to garrison;
    • perform nautical signals rotation;
    • fill in the cargo book;
    • operate guidance equipment for geographic positioning;
    • advise crew on unsafe conditions and acts;
    • activate machinery section, for berthing and unberthing;
    • order fuel, lubricants and water;
    • develop nautical signaling projects for the maritime authority;
    • request food provisions;
    • tracing navigation route;
    • analyze depth conditions;
    • simulate adverse situations for crew training;
    • complete checklist;
    • inspect deck equipment conditions;
    • inspect repairs carried out on board;
    • fill in deck loads and dangerous goods;
    • operate capstan and windlass;
    • lead crew;
    • operate sonar;
    • operate autopilot;
    • control the stock of spare nautical signs;
    • exchange information with support station;
    • manure helm;
    • activate navigation aids;
    • check passenger lists;
    • submit a nautical signaling project to the maritime authority;
    • position anchor for ready use;
    • write communication journal;
    • towing vessels;
    • inventory materials;
    • develop loading plan;
    • opening and closing holds (hatches);
    • lubricate deck equipment;
    • assign personnel for loading and unloading;


    Sectors that hire Small cabotage captain the most in the job market

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    • professional and management development training
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