Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels
Transportation and Material Moving Occupations- O*NET-SOC code
- 53-5021.00
Command or supervise operations of ships and water vessels, such as tugboats and ferryboats. Required to hold license issued by U.S. Coast Guard.
AI exposure
- Data source: BLSPublished: 2026-08
Moderate· relative
LowFour relative bandsVery highGroup-level value
Scale, basis and source
Four relative bands (Low / Moderate / High / Very high)
831 detailed occupations in the BLS Employment Projections table. Assigned per National Employment Matrix (NEM) code, so occupations sharing a NEM code carry the same band
- Data source: AnthropicPublished: 2026-03
0.000
0.000Range of values carried here0.745Scale, basis and source
Observed exposure index, 0–1 as published
Mapped onto O*NET tasks
Published per SOC 2018 occupation; every O*NET occupation with the same SOC 2018 code carries this value
- Data source: ILOPublished: 2025
0.29
0.09Range of values carried here0.70Group-level value
Scale, basis and source
Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published
Published per ISCO-08 unit group. Linked to this occupation, wholly or in part, by applying U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalks (ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC, 2010 SOC to 2018 SOC) as published
What kind of figure this source publishes
The BLS category is a relative rank, not an absolute level, and it is not a first-hand measurement: it groups an occupation's percentile ranks across several published studies into four bands. It is not an employment or wage forecast, not a probability of adoption, and it does not separate automation from augmentation.
AI exposure (OpenAI rubric)
30 rated tasks · 10 tasks with β ≥ 0.5 (33.3%)
β = direct exposure (E1) + 0.5 × exposure when tools are available (E2), per the source repository's definition.
- Source unit: O*NET 27.2 tasks → O*NET 31.0 occupation code
- All rated tasks are in the O*NET 31.0 task list.
- Source
- OpenAI "GPTs are GPTs" exposure rubric
- Release
- gh-main-0471612
- License
- MIT License, Copyright (c) 2024 OpenAI
Tasks
Task statements from the O*NET® 31.0 Database, core tasks first.
| Task | Type | β (OpenAI) |
|---|---|---|
| Direct courses and speeds of ships, based on specialized knowledge of local winds, weather, water depths, tides, currents, and hazards. | Core | 0 |
| Prevent ships under navigational control from engaging in unsafe operations. | Core | 0 |
| Serve as a vessel's docking master upon arrival at a port or at a berth. | Core | 0 |
| Consult maps, charts, weather reports, or navigation equipment to determine and direct ship movements. | Core | 0.5 |
| Steer and operate vessels, using radios, depth finders, radars, lights, buoys, or lighthouses. | Core | 0 |
| Operate ship-to-shore radios to exchange information needed for ship operations. | Core | 1 |
| Dock or undock vessels, sometimes maneuvering through narrow spaces, such as locks. | Core | 0 |
| Stand watches on vessels during specified periods while vessels are under way. | Core | 0 |
| Inspect vessels to ensure efficient and safe operation of vessels and equipment and conformance to regulations. | Core | 0 |
| Read gauges to verify sufficient levels of hydraulic fluid, air pressure, or oxygen. | Core | 0 |
| Report to appropriate authorities any violations of federal or state pilotage laws. | Core | 1 |
| Provide assistance in maritime rescue operations. | Core | 0 |
| Signal passing vessels, using whistles, flashing lights, flags, or radios. | Core | 0 |
| Measure depths of water, using depth-measuring equipment. | Core | 0 |
| Maintain boats or equipment on board, such as engines, winches, navigational systems, fire extinguishers, or life preservers. | Core | 0 |
| Signal crew members or deckhands to rig tow lines, open or close gates or ramps, or pull guard chains across entries. | Core | 0 |
| Advise ships' masters on harbor rules and customs procedures. | Core | 1 |
| Maintain records of daily activities, personnel reports, ship positions and movements, ports of call, weather and sea conditions, pollution control efforts, or cargo or passenger status. | Core | 1 |
| Observe loading or unloading of cargo or equipment to ensure that handling and storage are performed according to specifications. | Core | 0 |
| Calculate sightings of land, using electronic sounding devices and following contour lines on charts. | Core | 0.5 |
| Learn to operate new technology systems and procedures through instruction, simulators, or models. | Core | 1 |
| Direct or coordinate crew members or workers performing activities such as loading or unloading cargo, steering vessels, operating engines, or operating, maintaining, or repairing ship equipment. | Core | 0 |
| Arrange for ships to be fueled, restocked with supplies, or repaired. | Core | 0 |
| Supervise crews in cleaning or maintaining decks, superstructures, or bridges. | Core | 0 |
| Purchase supplies or equipment. | Core | 0.5 |
| Tow and maneuver barges or signal tugboats to tow barges to destinations. | Supplemental | 0 |
| Perform various marine duties, such as checking for oil spills or other pollutants around ports or harbors or patrolling beaches. | Supplemental | 0 |
| Assign watches or living quarters to crew members. | Supplemental | 1 |
| Interview and hire crew members. | Supplemental | 0.5 |
| Conduct safety drills such as man overboard or fire drills. | — | 0 |
Occupation information
Sources and attribution
This page includes information from the O*NET® 31.0 Database (https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html) by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. AI Changing Work has modified all or some of this information: the O*NET-SOC code, title and task statements are reproduced in English without change; task-type labels are shown in the page's language and tasks are listed core first; any Korean occupation title shown on the Korean-language page is AI Changing Work's translation; any KSCO-8 unit groups linked to this occupation were paired with it by AI Changing Work's judgment, and the relation labels and statuses are AI Changing Work's additions. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.
Any AI exposure figures on this page are published by third parties, not by AI Changing Work, and none is part of the O*NET information. OpenAI publishes task-level scores (MIT License) for O*NET 27.2 task statements; each is shown next to the O*NET 31.0 task statement with the same task ID, whose wording can differ from the 27.2 statement that was scored. OpenAI also publishes occupation-level scores for O*NET-SOC codes in the same release, and any such score is shown on the O*NET occupation with the same code. Anthropic publishes an observed exposure index in the Anthropic Economic Index (CC-BY), and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes relative AI exposure categories (public domain); both are published per SOC code, and each value is shown on every O*NET occupation with that code. The International Labour Organization publishes a generative AI exposure index in ILO Working Paper 140 (CC BY 4.0) for ISCO-08 unit groups; AI Changing Work links those groups to O*NET occupations by applying the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC and 2010 SOC to 2018 SOC crosswalks as published, without case-by-case selection, and these crosswalks match many groups only in part. Where several unit groups are linked, each group's published value is listed, and any summary shows only the lowest and highest of those values with the number of groups; no exposure figure is averaged or recalculated. Any employment figures are published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for the SOC group containing this occupation. Each source is credited where its figures are shown.
O*NET OnLine: 53-5021.00 Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels
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