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Criminal Justice, Business
Senior Deckhand, Customer Service Representative
Provided/ensured safe embarkation/disembarkation of 100' vessel, sometimes pilot it
- Ensured safety of the boat for everyone on board
- Addressed guest needs, questions, or concerns to create optimum experience onboard
- Led other crew members in emergency procedures
- Helped to coordinate/facilitate logistics of onboard events (including setup/takedown)
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Arts
Beach and Pool Crew Member/deckhand
Took on the responsibilities of maintaining the operation of two 50-foot catamarans as a deckhand.
- Assisted the captain in the navigation of resort expeditions.
- Facilitated snorkel tours, lunch and dinner cruises and whale watching expeditions.
- Served as a lifeguard for the lagoon beach area and pool.
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Deckhand
Assisted others on the vessel in preparing barges for the loading and discharging of cargo
- Built tows by handling lines and cables to tie and untie barges and boats
- Performed scheduled vessel maintenance, cared for tools and equipment, and performed general housekeeping duties as assigned by their supervisor
- Adhered to company safety policy and procedures, environmental rules and governmental regulation
- Work under the supervision of the Captain or the Deckhand's immediate supervisor
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Clean Energy Technology
Deckhand
Participated in ship operations, i.e. steering the ship, docking and anchoring maneuvers, handling lines and gangways, and standing security watches.
- Involved with general maintenance aboard the vessel and are responsible for the loading and unloading of passenger luggage and ship stores.
- Assisted engineer's with mechanical duties, i.e., engine, HVAC, electrical equipment.
- Routinely completed inspections of the ship while underway.
- Routinely completed paperwork in accordance with United States Coast Guard's regulations.
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Undesignated Seaman / Deckhand
Created logistic reports for over 200 cases.
- Demonstrated a professional attitude at all times.
- Maintained orders and following directions correctly.
- Trained with today's up to date technology.
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Deckhand
Recognized for being a fast learner
- Line handling/rig towing lines
- Upkeep of vessel maintenance(chipped, sand, and painted rust spots from deck, superstructure, ans sides of ship)
- Check barges for leakages
- Loading and unloading supplies and material from dock or vessels
- Inspected and repaired towing cables and ropes
- - Mopped the vessel interior and maintained the interior of vessel including sanitation
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Biology
Deckhand
[company name] is a 58' fishing vessel, operating in a number of fisheries out of Sand Point, Alaska
- Work as a key member of the fishing vessel crew, conducting various tasks across multiple fisheries
- Prepare fishing gear to ensure that all equipment is operational and safe
- Remain focused in a fast-paced commercial fishing environment, quick decisions under strenuous hours
- Ensure proper record keeping by cannery workers upon delivering catch to the dock
- Actively trading crude oil futures options, adjusting and managing trades daily.
- Execute trading strategies based on a number of factors including current implied volatility.
- Traded futures markets include E-Mini S&P 500 and E-Mini NASDAQ 100 futures.
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Deckhand
Swept, mopped, and washed down decks to remove oil, dirt, and debris, using brooms, mops, brushes, and hoses. Moored the boat to any docks that we arrived upon.
- Painted and primed the interior and exterior boat.
- Cooked for the crew
- Called out distances for Mate and Captain of vessel
- Secured lines to barges or ships
- I worked under the Captains, Mates and Engineers with 15+ of experience in the industry, which was a very useful tool in my learning with [company name].
- Examine machinery to verify specified pressures or lubricant flows.
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GED
Deckhand
Assisted Captain and fellow crew in the deployment and retrieval of the vessels drift net.
- Assisted in the catching, cleaning and storing of various fish for transport. (Swordfish, Mako sharks, thresher sharks, Salmon sharks, Oopa, Yellow fin Tuna and Blue fin Tuna)
- Assisted in the repair of the vessels twelve piston Detroit diesel motor, the vessels auxiliary hydraulic drive and the vessels main rudder steering piston rams, in addition to any and all mechanical problems and emergencies both at sea and in dock.
- Navigated Vessel, without supervision, towards fishing sites. Sometimes at night, with rough seas, and weather.
- Kept watch at night and during runs towards fish sites, This task included; Observing our immediate surroundings, Checking the bilge for leaks, checking the fish hold, observing the radar for incoming traffic, listening to the side ban radio for distress calls, relaying said distress calls to the coast guard if the vessel is unable to, and checking the bow lines for any problems with the drift net.
- Shared the responsibility of cooking and cleaning with the rest of the crew.
- Assisted in the unloading of fish in dock to be sold.
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High School Diploma
Deckhand
Worked onboard 10 different vessels
- Handled lines to secure vessel to the dock
- Loaded and unloaded luggage in a timely manner
- Vessel security and passenger safety
- Trained 40+ individuals
- Maintained good crew communication
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High School Diploma
Deckhand Supervisor
Exceptional Interpersonal Skills.
- Successfully operate in a stressful, fast-paced, deadline oriented, "no errors" environment.
- Operate a 2 way radio
- Dependable, Clean, Flexible, and willing to work changing shifts as needed.
- Utilized computer skills to document changes, upgrades, and order supplies as needed.
- Conducted safety inspections of facilities, operations and equipment to insure compliance and a safe working environment.
- Responsible for developing and implementing safe work practices through all deckhand operations; to include man overboard, medical emergencies, and watch operations.
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High School Diploma
Deckhand
Follow safety procedures in order to ensure the protection of passengers and vessel
- Participate in routine safety drills to prepare for major incidents
- Maintain the cleanliness and safety of all common areas and service stations
- Sweep, mop, and wash down decks and exterior to remove dirt, and debris, using brooms, mops, brushes, and hoses
- Load or unload materials from vessels; gather and remove trash from vessel
- Provide exceptional hospitality to guests and coworkers as prescribed in Our Service System (OSS)
- Greet guests and serve food and beverages in a timely fashion
- Set up and break down dining room and service stations as prescribed; this requires movement of dining cabin furniture
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Bachelor of Arts
Deckhand
Routinely did maintenance checks of boats to ensure and provide safety for all customers on boats
- Knows when to escalate issues/risks to the company or captain of boat
- Built satisfied customer relations
- Supervised customers during tour to ensure safety of themselves and others
- Cross train new employees on boat procedures
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High School Diploma
Deckhand
Moves controls or turn hand-wheels to raise or lower passenger or vehicle landing ramps or kelp-cutting mechanism
- Conduct/Attend weekly safety check meetings
- Check tow for water, check navigation lights
- Performs daily maintenance as needed on the tow-boat
- Handles lines to moor vessel to wharves, tie up vessel to another vessel, or rig towing lines
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Deckhand
Attend to safety of all passengers
- Make sure vessel does not hit water traffic or structures
- Perform Captain / Senior Deckhand duties in their absence.
- Assist passengers with inquiries about Chicago or how the vessel performs
- Screen all passengers for possible security threats
- Maintain proper cleanliness aboard the vessel
- Assist passengers in donning emergency equipment if necessary
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Deckhand
- Prepared the loading and unloading of cargo.
- Maintained the cleanliness of the deck by performing household duties.
- Preformed lookout duties when traveling.
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High School Diploma
Deckhand
- Basic maintenance and upkeep of the vessel.
- Surrounded U.S.C.G. vessels with boom for decontamination.
- Extract product from instructed areas by pumping, skimming, and manually scooping.
- Worked 12 hours a day 7 days a week in high heat conditions.
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GED
Certificate
Hvac/r Certification
Deckhand
Handled lines to moor vessel to wharves, tied up vessel to another vessel and rigged towing lines.
- Swept and washed decks with brooms, brushes, mops, and firehose.
- Stood steering watches and lookout washes while underway.
- Painted lifeboats, decks, and superstructure of vessel with brush.
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Management And Accounting
Deckhand/engineer
Facilitate Duffy boat rentals (Educate patrons on rules and regulations)
- Ensure safety and proper maintenance of docks
- Perform any maintenance jobs bestowed upon me by management (facilities, docks, electrical)
- Responsible for driving company trucks/vans
- Captain Duffy boat rentals, touring the patrons around Newport Harbor
- Miscellaneous maintenance (painting, trash pickup, cleaning)
- Customer Service
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Mechanical Engineering
Deckhand
Customer Service
- Participates in steering the ship
- Participates with docking and anchoring maneuvers: handling lines, gangways, anchors, etc.
- Standing watches: gangway and deck watch. These watches include security, maintenance and passenger assistance duties
- Loading and unloading passenger luggage, ship stores, etc.
- Maintenance, painting, cleaning, lifting lines and other heavy objects
- Various additional duties relating to the navigation and handling of the ship
- Laundry
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Industrial Process Technology Of Engineering And Control
Deckhand
Assist Captain or Pilot in moving boat
- Keep a clean and safe work environment at all times
- Clean coal barges and inspect barges for damage
- Assist other boat crews in building tow (laying wire, rigging, etc.)
- Report and repair found damage on barges
- Maintenance on all electrical pumps and gas pumps as required
- Maintenance on wiring to alarm panels
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GED
Grinder, Deckhand, Lead Iron Pourer
Engage in big wheel grinding and finishing grinding
- Effectively operate fork lift
- Facilitate the order of iron required to pour
- Train new team members to be efficient and knowledgeable on pouring iron
- Utilize a skid loader effectively
- Engage in heavy lifting, usually around 100 lbs
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Deckhand/mate/engineer
Making tow, line handling, mooring barges
- Tow boat maintenance
- Giving pre and post job safety meeting
- Performing weekly, monthly, quarterly barge inspections
- Maintaining proper records for safety and compliance
- Responsible for all maintenance and repair of all systems including engine (diesel and gasoline), hydraulic, electrical, plumbing and mechanical
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High School Diploma
Liberal Arts And Education
Deckhand
Maintain vessel cleanliness and passenger safety.
- Rescued drowning man from the Chicago River.
- Never late for any shift assigned.
- Rewarded as the best deckhand in the water taxi department.
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Health Care Administration
Fire Science
Deckhand
Assist others on the vessel in preparing barges for the loading and discharging of cargoes and passengers
- Build tows by handling lines and cables to tie and untie barges and boats
- Perform scheduled vessel maintenance, care for tools and equipment, and perform general housekeeping duties as assigned by their supervisor
- Adhere to company safety policy and procedures, environmental rules and governmental regulation
- Work under the supervision of the Captain or the Deckhand's immediate supervisor
- Assist with heavy construction projects
- Utilize construction machines and tools
- Maintain construction site cleaning and prep
- Perform demolition
- Participate in scaffolding building
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Environmental Studies
Undergraduate Research
Undergraduate Research
Tugboat Deckhand
- Experienced deckhand working out of New York harbor, NY aboard the 100' Marie J. Turecamo
- Obtaining training as First Mate
- Currently possess 100-Ton Master's license with towing endorsement
- Working knowledge of all aspects of towing industry including engine room maintenance
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Bachelor of Science
Deckhand
- Assembled scaffolding
- Assisted crane operator
- Loaded materials into shipping containers
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Juris Doctor
First Mate/deckhand
Ensured and maintained proper working condition of all critical systems aboard
- Briefed clients on safety procedures regarding excursion
- Familiarized clients with local rules and regulations in regards to fish species
- Complied with fish and wildlife state and federal regulations
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Deckhand
Standard deckhand duties include making tow, transferring rigging, laying rigging, handling lines, dropping or picking up barges, checking the tow, moving and operating portable pumps, assisting in making locks or bridges, assisting in mid-stream transfers, routine housekeeping duties, and general maintenance. In addition, deckhands may be required to catch a line on deck fittings; work lines at locks, cast lines free when getting underway, and assist in the navigation of the boat ( not from the wheelhouse). Specific duties may be posted aboard the vessel. These duties will be performed all types of weather, night and day, and while the vessel is underway.
- Deckhands are required to launch (with help), use, and ride a skiff from time. They may be required to mount the outboard motor, participate in emergency evacuations, and recover the skiff when small boat operations have been complete, and perform his emergency duties without endangering himself or others. These procedures require a deckhand to work on a moving platform where an individual's balance may be critical.
- Deckhands are required to use hand tools, power tools, painting equipment, and personal protective gear. Power tools may be heavy or awkward and generate dust or loud noise.
- Deckhands are frequently required to move equipment that is heavy or awkward sometimes from one level to another. To qualify for employment, deckhands are required to lift 50 pounds. Moving this equipment may require more than one person in order to move or lift the item safety. No deckhands should lift more than he can safely handle. It is the responsibility of the individual deckhand to request assistance from other members of the crew when he feels it is necessary.
- Deckhands must be able to communicate with wheelhouse personnel and other crewmembers. Communication may be made via VHF radio, orally, by sound signals or by hand signals. All deckhands must have hearing that allows them to communicate effectively in the conditions that might be encountered aboard a towboat.
- Deckhands must have vision that allows to safely maneuver aboard the vessel in situations that are likely to occur when a boat is in navigation night and day, year around. Their depth perception must be adequate for assisting the wheelhouse personnel in navigating in close quarters, including lock or bridge approaches.
- Deckhands must be capable of stooping, bending, ascending and descending stairs or ladders safely, sometimes while transporting tools or objects. Deckhands must consider the requirements of a particular job prior to undertaking the task so he can be assured that all necessary equipment or assistance is readily available. Deckhands must know how and when to use the emergency equipment located on the vessel.
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Deckhand
On loading and off loading the boat.
- Ensuring interior and exterior stays clean at all times.
- Dock and undock boat.
- Responsible for boat structural material care and safety.
- Other responsibilities as given by Boat Captain.
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Adult And Continuing Education
Deckhand
Child Care Provider
- Caring for children ages infant to school aged
- Following daily routines with children
- Following a curriculum for preschool aged children
- Diapering and toileting children
- Cleaning responsibilities
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Deckhand
- Greet passengers and ensure they board the boat safely
- Tie and untie yacht when coming in or leaving the dock
- Notify captain on incoming boat traffic
- Pump out and Fuel up yacht
- Maintenance, cleaning, and organizing yacht before and after cruise
- Confirm passenger count and ensure all passengers are safe
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Seasonal Deckhand
Participating in steering the ship
- Participates with docking and anchoring maneuvers: handling lines, gangways, anchors, etc.
- Standing watches: gangway and deck watch. These watches include, maintenance and passenger assistance duties.
- Loading and unloading passenger luggage, ship stores, etc.
- Maintenance, painting, cleaning, lifting lines and other heavy objects.
- Various additional duties relating to the navigation and handling of the ship.
- Laundry
- Customer Service
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High School Diploma
Environmental Studies / Sociology
Ambassador/deckhand
Entertain guests in a polite manner
- Selling, exchanging and returning tickets
- Assisting in boarding guests onto the duck boats
- Certified Deckhand to assure safety while the duck boat is on water
- Act as the Captain's second eye while on the river
- Help guests in case of an emergency while on the river
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Business Administration
Able-bodied Seaman/deckhand in Deck Department
Worked as Bos'n, lead deckhand in charge of 3-7 deck personnel.
- Advanced firefighting training, rescue boat operations, and first-aid.
- Quartermaster - helmsman in wheelhouse, steering the boat, assisting the Captain during emergency operations.
- Worked as deckhand on all ferry routes in the Washington State Ferry system.
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Communications
Deckhand
Tying up the boats at each dock
- Assisting the Captain
- Passenger safety
- Setting up Docks
- Ensuring boats remained in rotation and on schedule
- Customer service
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English Literature
Deckhand
Served as a deckhand aboard the M/C Gentry B and M/V Vivian B.
- Built tow, including laying wires (fore, aft, breast, scissor, etc.)
- Line handling for barges going up and down the Ohio River, Green River
- Locking procedures, painting, cleaning and general vessel upkeep
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High School Diploma
Deckhand
Responsible for maintaining vessel's interior and exterior
- Responsible for loading, unloading, and securing
- Responsible for the transfer of fuel and water to platforms
- Responsible for securing vessel while mooring
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Applied Science
AB Deckhand
Responsible for the proper operation and maintenance of the engine room.
- Perform engine room rounds.
- Directly responsible and accountable to the Captain and/or Mate.
- Report unsafe situations and solutions for improvement.
- Thorough knowledge of vessel's equipment.
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High School Diploma
Transportation
Deckhand
- Make and break tow for tugboat
- Assist in shifting swing anchors for the dredge to move forward
- Connecting and disconnecting pipeline as needed
- Servicing pipeline as needed for proper upkeep
- Repairing swing cables as needed
- Setting floatline anchors as needed
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Studio Arts/business Management
Deckhand
Marine Operations
- Maintain Grease Interceptors in pump rooms
- General Repairs and maintenance including but not limited to painting and drywall
- Operate forklifts and pneumatic pallet jacks, single man lifts, scissor lifts
- Don fire gear and fire training in case of emergency
- Maintain exterior of boat and specifics for all seasons
- Drive, operate, maintain, and general service on all rescue boats
- Operate power tools
- Repair and maintain telescopic seating in venue area
- Maintain safe and clean workplace under osha regulations
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Deckhand
Efficiently maintained the operation of tugboat
- Work with additional terminals along the river
- Assist vessels in harbor with moving loads
- Work well with fellow deckhands and boat captains
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High School Diploma
Automotive Training
Deckhand
Tie up boats
- Help load and off load equipment
- Chip and paint
- Help maintained a clean and safe environment
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Electrical Computer Technology
Dealer/ Stward/deckhand
- Greet guest, provide a fun yet professional atmosphere
- Manage and Maintain the money within my rack
- Clean dishes, sweeping and moping
- Detail clean ovens, stoves and fryers
- Paint certain parts of the boat, vacuum, and dump trash
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High School Diploma
Deckhand
Responsible for wheel watch
- Hauling, Setting, Maintenance of Fishing gear
- Engine room/refrigeration room rounds
- Cooking and Cleaning duties
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Deckhand
Checking and tightening tow
- Replacing broken stationary rigging and winch wires
- Removing old or broken rigging and lines
- Putting out and taking up lines
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High School Diploma
Industrial Marine Electronics
Deckhand/unlicensed Engineer
Off loading/ back loading equipment and supplies [Rigging]
- Pumping potable water and fuel to platforms
- Chipping, sanding, painting vessel
- Assisting with engine room maintence and logs as needed
- Maintaining vessel cleanliness
- Assisting in keeping watch in bridge
- Prepare meals as needed
- Interact with platform personnel and follow all company policies as mandated
- All other duties that are assigned
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Able Bodied Seaman (a.b.) Deckhand
Skilled merchant mariner on a tug boat
- Discharge and load fuel
- Manages to secure barges in preparation for transportation
- Aids the captain in safe transportation
- Assists in the safe daily operations
- Tour of duty consists of cleaning, cooking, and painting
- Reliable for all on deck duties
- General maintenance and heavy lifting
- Handle firefighting and lifesaving equipment
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Biology
Lead Deckhand
- Responsible for making up the tow; dropping, spotting and switching barges at docks.
- Assist the vessel and tow in making locks; stand lookout while calling in distance.
- Maintain engines and generators and other equipment maintenance as needed.
- Knowledge of all barges and all areas of the boat.
- Assist with steering the vessel.
- Chip and paint vessel.
- Cleaned all areas of boat; cook when needed.
- Report unsafe conditions
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Deckhand
- Checking and tightening tow.
- Check navigation lights
- Check barges for water
- Putting out and taking out lines
- Cleaning walkway on barges
- Removing old fouled or broken rigging and lines
- Maintain a safety deck
- Perform duties of a deckhand
- Ensures quality control by inspecting work in progress and upon completion
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