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Your profession: Engineering Watchkeeping Officer (m/f)

Professional activities

Engineering watchkeeping officers undertake planning, command and monitoring tasks in the marine engineering service. This includes, for example, undertaking engineering watch.

Fields of work

Engineering watch officers work:

  • on board ships in all areas of coastal shipping and maritime shipping
  • on board cargo ships, ferries and passenger vessels
  • on board fishing vessels
  • on board official vessels
  • in ship construction companies
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The professional profiles are based on information from berufenet at the Federal Employment Agency and BIBB (Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training).