deck department

The chief mate is the head of the deck department.

It is held by the officer in command of the deck department.

The grading system covers both deck department and engine room ratings.

Officer positions in the deck department include but are not limited to: master and his chief, second and third officers.

The Deck Department is an organizational unit aboard naval and merchant ships.

In the military, the deck department comprises sailors who perform a variety of functions depending on ship type and size.

Depending on ship type and size, the Deck Department can be a division or ship's department.

A Deck Officer is an officer serving in the deck department.

The crew includes the captain or master, the deck department, the engineering department, and the steward's department.

At sea, on larger vessels members of the deck department usually stand watch for 4 hours and are off for 8 hours, 7 days a week.

Members of the deck department as opposed to members of other departments in the Merchant Navy.

On others the Deck department is its own department, reporting directly to the ship's Commanding Officer.

The boatswain works in a ship's deck department as the foreman of the unlicensed deck crew.

The official classifications for unlicensed members of the deck department are able seaman and ordinary seaman.

A ship's complement can be divided into four categories: the deck department, the engineering department, the steward's department, and other.

An able seaman (AB) is an unlicensed member of the deck department of a merchant ship.

Deck Department:

Three groups of watchkeepers from the engine and deck departments work four hours on then have eight hours off watchkeeping.

For the training of deck department personnel there is an array of bridge simulators, including a 360 degree model and a 270 degree model.

The boatswain supervises the other members of the ship's deck department, and typically is not a watchstander, except on vessels with small crews.

An AB day worker performs general maintenance, repair, sanitation and upkeep of material, equipment, and areas in the deck department.

An OS performs a variety of duties concerned with the operation and upkeep of deck department areas and equipment.

Deck Department professionals are led by Boatswain's Mates, sailors who have chosen seamanship as their primary area of expertise.

Seaman Haskins earned about $1,000 a month and worked in the deck department, where duties included painting, working on rigging and repairing hardware.

Chief Barnflower is a large, overweight chief boatswain's mate who is constantly eating while overseeing the deck department.