Also called: Boat Delivery Skipper
Gets paid to sail or drive boats from one place to another, sometimes across oceans.
Delivery captains move newly bought boats from Florida to Maine or across the Atlantic, often with a small crew and tight schedules.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 4 years after high school. USCG captain's license and strong sailing experience.
Ways in: Certification, On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing slowly (about 1% over 10 years).
Low risk for 10 years. Moving boats across oceans with a small crew depends on seamanship and judgment that stay human.
Classes: Physics, Earth science, Trigonometry.
Official data: O*NET occupation 53-5021.
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