74201 Water transport deck and engine room crew

What this occupation covers

Water transport deck and engine room crew stand watch, operate and maintain deck equipment, perform other deck and bridge duties and assist ship engineer officers to operate, maintain and repair engines, machinery and auxiliary equipment aboard ships or self-propelled vessels. They are employed by marine transportation companies and federal government departments.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 10 main duties for this code.

• Stand watch and steer ship or self-propelled vessel under the direction of the officer on watch
• Operate, maintain and repair deck equipment such as winches, cranes, derricks and hawsers
• Clean, chip and paint deck surfaces
• Handle mooring lines, and splice and repair ropes, wire cables and other cordage
• Load, discharge and secure ship cargo.
• Assist ship engineer officers in performing routine maintenance work and repair to ship's engine, machinery and auxiliary equipment
• Monitor engine, machinery and equipment indicators, record variables and report abnormalities to ship engineer officer on watch
• Lubricate moving parts of engines, machinery and auxiliary equipment
• Operate and maintain off-loading liquid pumps and valves
• Maintain engine parts and keep engine room clean.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 10 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 72602 Deck officers, water transport
• 72603 Engineer officers, water transport
• 84121 Fishing vessel deckhands

Excluded from this code

• Deck officers, water transport (See 72602 Deck officers, water transport)
• Engineer officers, water transport (See 72603 Engineer officers, water transport)
• Fishing vessel deckhands (See 84121 Fishing vessel deckhands)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

able seaman/woman (except armed forces) · barge deckhand · boatswain · boatswain - Canadian Armed Forces · boatswain - water transport · boiler tender - ships · deckhand · deckhand - ships · dredge deckhand · engine room crew member - ship · engine room greaser - marine · engine room greaser - water transport · engine room mechanical assistant - ships · ferryboat deckhand · helmsman/woman - water transport · log boom tugboat deckhand · marine engine oiler · marine engineering mechanic · marine engineering technician · marine oiler · mechanical assistant - water transport · mechanical assistant, ship's engine room · ordinary seaman/woman (except armed forces) · pump seaman/woman

Employment requirements

• Some secondary school education is required.
• On-the-job training is provided.