Also called: Yacht Management Company Manager, Superyacht Fleet Manager
Manages superyachts for wealthy owners: crews, budgets, repairs, and safety compliance.
A yacht manager plans a yacht's refit, hires crew, tracks budgets worth millions, handles flag-state paperwork, and solves problems for the owner by phone at any hour.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 6 years after high school. Usually a former yacht captain or engineer.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Certification. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Marine Transportation, Maritime Studies.
Growing about average. Concentrated in Florida.
Low risk for 10 years. Software tracks budgets and compliance, but managing owners, crews and refits is relationship-heavy work.
Classes: Business CTE class, Accounting, A second language.
Official data: O*NET occupation 11-3071.
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