THIS IS A FULL TIME SEASONAL POSITION

POSITION SUMMARY:

Responsible for the maintenance and safety for the exterior of the vessel as well as assisting the Bridge Officer on watch when needed for navigation. Handle moorage lines when coming alongside to docks or into locks.

MAJOR AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY INCLUDE:

Handle docking/moorage lines: Primary importance although small amount of time is spent securing lines. When boat comes alongside the dock, get lines over in the correct order, which varies depending on the type of dock and tides. Will discuss the line order with the mate on watch before arriving. Set the appropriate gangway and secure it to the dock. Off-load passengers and assist them as needed.
Port duties: Off load laundry, take-on potable water, take off garbage. On turnaround day, take on dry stores. Clean all non-passenger related areas of the boat (exterior) that can’t be completed while underway i.e. painting.
Daily Vessel Duties: Perform a number of tasks as assigned by the Chief Mate. These may include janitorial or customer service work as well as maintenance of vessel appearance. Shall perform engineering and security rounds as directed by Chief Mate, plus the assistance of hotel staff on an as needed basis. While on watch on the bridge, shall assist officer on watch as directed. Specific duties such as steering, chart work, lookout, and use of bridge electronics will vary with the areas of operation and with the officer of the watch. When on duty on the bridge, duties there shall take precedence over all else and will require the utmost vigilance. Training as to bridge watch duties will be the overall responsibility of the Captain, who is assisted by the Mates.
Safety duties: Holds a position on the ship’s Emergency Station Bill. Must perform requirements of Emergency Station Bill for both drills and actual emergencies to include fire, flooding, man overboard, abandon ship, medical, and spill response. Also participates in one crew safety meeting per week and takes a turn as the safety lead on a rotational basis.
Guest Service: Interact with guests in a friendly and courteous manner at all times. Provide great guest service while assisting guests on and off the vessel at the gangway, while escorting guests to their stateroom, while working on stateroom maintenance projects, while performing safety rounds, and while the bridge is open to the guests. Enhances guest experience by actively searching for wildlife and bringing sightings to the attention of the officer on watch and the Exploration Leader. Also required to participate in evening programs as directed by supervisor.

QUALIFICATIONS:

· Minimum education requires a high school diploma or equivalent GED, and commercial, vocational or technical training of 12 months in the area of mechanical courses is preferred. Prior plumbing apprenticeship/knowledge is optimal.

· Minimum of 6 months or more related experience. On-the-job training is the primary source of experience.

· Communication skills require the ability to provide or obtain basic types of factual information or explanations.

· Writing skills require the ability to write simple sentences, letters or symbols.

· Quantitative skills require the ability to perform analyses involving ratios and percentages.

· Interpersonal skills require the ability to often deal with situations where satisfactory resolution of issues must be achieved.

· Overall knowledge and skills requires application to standardized multiple tasks and learned routines associated with clearly defined procedures.

· Responsible for producing work output on an independent basis subject to supervisory direction and/or review. On routine or standardized work activities, responsible for choosing among a variety of well-established procedure, practices or processes.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Duties and responsibilities are generally performed in a Marine Operations setting, primarily onboard a vessel. Must be physically able to work a typical 12- hour workday of about 10-14 hours per day, seven days a week, for 6 weeks at a time. On any given day hours could be more or less. The 6-week work period is the normal, but not necessarily fixed onboard schedule, and it is followed by a 2 to 3 week period off the vessel. Environmental conditions generally include ambient inside temperature, ambient inside lighting, ambient to loud noise levels, all weather conditions, occasional use of required protective clothing and an irregular work schedule. Mobility demands generally include occasional sitting and occasional standing. Combination activities generally include handling of chemicals/chemical compounds such as cleaning agents. Sensory demands generally involve a computer terminal; telephone operation, microphone and PA systems.

Physical demands generally include frequent bending, reaching, twisting, kneeling, pulling/pushing, grasping, and the ability to climb a 7-foot vertical ladder and fit through a 28-inch wide hatch. Physical demands also include individual handling of one to several different sized objects totaling up to 50 pounds in weight. Handling includes: the dynamic and momentary strenuous lifting and lowering of objects between the ground/deck level and a height of about 4 to 6 feet; continuously repeating these movements about once per minute continuously for up to 20 minutes; repetitive turning and twisting of the body while holding these objects, and passing or receiving them between people as frequently as every 10 seconds; and repeatedly carrying objects of similar weight a distance of up to 100 feet every one to two minutes for as long as 20 minutes without stopping. Each of the above evolutions may be repeated several times in the course of handling ships stores.