Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels, task by task.

Every activity this job is made of, scored on how much of its output software can produce today and linked to what addresses it. What is left over is the job.

SOC code
53-5021.00
Activities scored
6
Handed to agents
4
Grounded in
O*NET 30.3
The tasks · Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water VesselsSOC 53-5021.00
85% · agent
88% · agent
75% · agent
72% · agent
15% · you keep
20% · you keep
The team4 agents · 4 need no setup
Navigation planning agent
FURUNO navigational chart software · Navigational chart software · Web
● No integration needed
Operations reporting agent
Microsoft Excel · Log book software · Microsoft Word
● No integration needed
Equipment monitoring agent
Computerized maintenance management system CMMS · Microsoft Excel · Docs
● No integration needed
Supply coordination agent
Microsoft Excel · Microsoft Outlook · Computerized maintenance management system CMMS
● No integration needed
You keep this
Physical control and steering of vessels through hazardous conditionsReal-time emergency response and maritime rescue decisionsFinal approval of navigation safety decisions and course changesDirect physical supervision of docking and undocking operations

Automatability scores estimate how much of a task an agent can reliably do today, grounded in O*NET task data. They are not predictions of job loss.

Start with these three.

The most automatable work in this job, and what actually addresses it. Each one has a page of its own showing every occupation that does it.

Operational record keeping and reporting88% · recording, documentation and administration · mostly automatable
Equipment monitoring and gauge reading75% · physical, manual and inspection work · barely automatable
No software category addresses thisWhy not