Where a sailor can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a sailor already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Sailors assist the ship captain and any crew higher in hierarchy to operate ships. They dust and wax furniture and polish wood trim, sweep floors and decks, and polish brass and other metal parts. They inspect, repair, and maintain sails and rigging, and paint or varnish surfaces. They make emergency repairs to the auxiliary engine. Sailors may stow supplies and equipment and record data in log, such as weather conditions and distance travelled.
- Highest coverage recorded
- 36%
- Destinations
- 5each with a full record
- Within reach
- 0difficulty under 55
- Skills on file
- 32required or supplementary
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
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sailor is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a sailor already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.