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72604.02 – Marine traffic regulators

Marine traffic regulators monitor and regulate coastal and inland marine traffic within assigned waterways.

Overview

Example job titles

  • Marine traffic controller
  • Marine traffic regulator
  • Waterway traffic checker

Core competencies

  • Coordinating to coordinate information in order to maintain logs of vessel movements, sizes and structures
  • Monitoring to effectively oversee maritime activities, ensuring compliance with regulations, tracking vessel movements in real-time and analyzing data to mitigate risks and improve safety
  • Pattern Identification to recognize and analyze complex traffic patterns and anomalies in maritime operations and to anticipate potential hazards, optimize vessel movement and ensure safe navigation
  • Verbal Ability and Speech Clarity to speak with personnel of vessels; to issue clearance instructions and to advise on traffic volume and weather conditions
  • Stress Tolerance to remain calm and focused in high-pressure situations, effectively managing unexpected changes and emergencies while ensuring safety and compliance in marine operations
  • Knowledge in Logistics to understand how to coordinate vessel traffic, manage schedules and ensure smooth maritime operations while adhering to safety protocols

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • Direct and monitor vessel movements using radar or closed circuit monitors, remote radio systems and other telecommunication equipment
  • Obtain position, course, speed and estimated arrival time of vessels and monitor vessel progress through traffic zone
  • Issue clearance instructions to vessels, advise vessels of traffic volumes and weather conditions, and relay information to next marine traffic control sector
  • Report accidents, distress signals, navigational hazards and other emergencies to authorities
  • Maintain radio and telephone contact with adjacent marine control sectors and with vessels within area of jurisdiction
  • Maintain log of vessel movements, size and structure.

Additional information

  • There is little mobility between traffic controlling occupations in the railway and marine sectors.

Similar occupations classified elsewhere

Exclusions:

  • Supervisors, railway transport operations (72023)

NOC hierarchy breakdown

NOC version

NOC 2021 Version 1.0

Broad occupational category

7 – Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations

TEER

2 – Occupations usually require a college diploma or apprenticeship training of two or more years; or supervisory occupations

Major group

72 – Technical trades and transportation officers and controllers

Sub-major group

726 – Transportation officers and controllers

Minor group

7260 – Transportation officers and controllers

Unit group

72604 – Railway traffic controllers and marine traffic regulators

Occupational profile

72604.02 – Marine traffic regulators

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