Houseboat Captain

Interview and hire crew members
- Maintain boats and equipment on board, such as engines, winches, navigational systems, fire extinguishers, and life preservers
- Measure depths of water, using depth-measuring equipment
- Purchase supplies and equipment
- Read gauges to verify sufficient levels of hydraulic fluid, air pressure, and oxygen
- Resolve questions or problems with customs officials
- Signal-passing vessels, using whistles, flashing lights, flags, and radios
- Tow and maneuver barges, or signal tugboats to tow barges to destinations
- Perform various marine duties such as checking for oil spills or other pollutants around ports and harbors, and patrolling beaches
- Sort logs, form log booms, and salvage lost logs
- Calculate sightings of land, using electronic sounding devices, and following contour lines on charts
- Compute positions, set courses, and determine speeds, by using charts, area plotting sheets, compasses, sextants, and knowledge of local conditions
- Direct and coordinate crew members or workers performing activities such as loading and unloading cargo, steering vessels, operating engines, and operating, maintaining, and repairing ship equipment
- Maintain records of daily activities, personnel reports, ship positions and movements, ports of call, weather and sea conditions, pollution control efforts, and/or cargo and passenger status
- Monitor the loading and discharging of passengers
- Signal crew members or deckhands to rig tow lines, open or close gates and ramps, and pull guard chains across entries
- Steer and operate vessels, using radios, depth finders, radars, lights, buoys, and lighthouses
- Arrange for ships to be fueled, restocked with supplies, and/or repaired
- Assign watches and living quarters to crew members

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Umm al-Quwain City: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)