21713

Ship captain/Chief mate

Ship captain/Chief mate commands and controls the navigation, manoeuvring, cargo handling, stowage, communications and safe handling of the ship. He/she oversees operations and maintenance of all on-board equipment including machinery, engines and safety equipment and monitors the daily progress of the vessel to complete the voyage in a most efficient manner while ensuring that the ship complies with local and international laws, as well as port state and flag state policies.

SSOC hierarchy Crosswalks

Level

unit

Mapped ISCO

Source

SingStat

In this unit group: sibling units

unit-group 2171 Ship Engineers and Related Professionals unit 21711 Chief/Second engineer (ship) unit 21712 Technical superintendent unit 21714 Marine superintendent

Official data

Official name	Singapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSOC 2024)
Issuing authority	Department of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS)
Tax authority	Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) (IRAS)
Purpose	Classifies occupations in Singapore for labour statistics, workforce planning, and international reporting.
Active version	SSOC 2024 (21 Mar 2024)
Hierarchy level	Unit (final leaf, 5-digit)
Source	https://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic
Prior versions	SSIC 2020, SSIC 2015

Definition & tasks

Tasks

No tasks listed.

Examples

Under this unit

• Ship’s chief officer • Shipmaster

Elsewhere

No exclusion examples found.

Hierarchy context

2→21→217→2171→21713 Ship captain/Chief mate

Major group

2 PROFESSIONALS

Sub-major

21 SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Minor group

217 SHIP AND AIRCRAFT RELATED PROFESSIONALS

Unit group

2171 Ship Engineers and Related Professionals

Correspondence tables

SSOC 2020

21713 — Ship captain/Chief mate

ISCO-08

3152 — Ships' deck officers and pilots

Alphabetical index entries

Principal Title 21713 Ship captain/Chief mate Alternative Title 21713 Chief foreign-going ship's deck navigating officer Alternative Title 21713 Chief mate Alternative Title 21713 First mate (ship) Alternative Title 21713 Ship captain Alternative Title 21713 Shipmaster

Data source: Department of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS) (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic). Official SSOC 2024 workbooks.

Last refresh: 21 Mar 2024. Version: SSOC 2024.

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