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What is Officer

Chapter 12
Handbook of Research on the Future of the Maritime Industry
The officer is the ship's personnel responsible for the ship's management, the follow-up of the cargoes loaded on the vessel, the delivery of these cargoes, the navigate control, the compliance of the other personnel and the fulfilment of their responsibilities.
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Future Requests of Maritime Labour and Solution Suggestions: Human Resources Practices
Mehmet Kaptan (Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Turkey)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9039-3.ch012
Abstract
The maritime industry is under the influence of Industry 4.0. This revolution will cause the skill needs of the officer class to differ. In this study, future officer skill requirements were first analysed by researching existing technologies. Then, in the continuation of the study, a survey was conducted with the human resources managers of 10 shipowner companies. Thus, job application collection and officer selection criteria current human resources practices have been determined in general terms. As a result of the data obtained, officer recruitment practices were proposed, and recommendations were made so that the shipowner companies do not experience problems related to the competency of the ship's officers in the future.
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