NOC 2021 · 72602 · TEER 2
Deck officers, water transport
Unit group 72602 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Deck officers, water transport, operate and command ships or self-propelled vessels to transport passengers and cargo on oceans and coastal and inland waters, and supervise and coordinate the activities of deck crews. This unit group also includes Canadian Coast Guard deck officers. They are employed by marine transportation companies and federal government departments. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- apprentice master - minor waters
- captain - water transport
- Coast Guard vessel chief officer
- Coast Guard vessel commanding officer
- Coast Guard vessel first watchkeeping officer
- Coast Guard vessel navigation officer
- Coast Guard vessel second officer
- Coast Guard vessel second watchkeeping officer
- Coast Guard vessel third officer
- Coast Guard vessel third watchkeeping officer
- Coast Guard vessel watchkeeping officer
- commanding officer - water transport
- deck officer - cadet
- deck officer - water transport
- dredge captain
- dredge commanding officer
- dredge mate
- ferryboat captain
- ferryboat first mate
- ferryboat master
- ferryboat operator
- first mate - inland waters
- foreign-going first mate
- foreign-going second mate
- harbour pilot
- home trade first mate
- home trade master
- home trade mate
- home trade second mate
- hovercraft master
- inland navigation mate
- master - inland waters
- master - minor waters
- master - water transport
- master mariner
- mate - water transport
- merchant navy mate
- navigation officer - water transport
- offshore drilling rig first mate
- offshore rig captain
- offshore rig commanding officer
- passenger ship captain
- pilot - water transport
- river pilot
- riverboat captain
- second deck officer
- second mate
- second mate - inland waters
- self-propelled barge captain
- self-propelled barge deck officer
- self-propelled drilling rig captain
- self-propelled drilling rig first mate
- self-propelled drilling rig master
- self-propelled drilling rig mate
- self-propelled oil rig deck officer
- ship chief officer
- ship first mate
- ship junior mate
- ship master
- ship operation chief officer
- ship pilot
- ship second mate
- ship third mate
- ship watchkeeping mate
- ship's captain
- ship's mate
- tugboat captain
- tugboat master
- tugboat skipper
- watchkeeping officer - water transport
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.