Consult maps, charts, weather reports, or navigation equipment to determine and direct ship movements.

“Consult maps, charts, weather reports, or navigation equipment to determine and direct ship movements.” is a core task performed by Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels. Among the occupation's 30 rated tasks, workers place it 27th by importance (#4 most important). About 100% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

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AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Direct courses and speeds of ships, based on specialized knowledge of local winds, weather, water depths, tides, currents, and hazards. · importance 5.0
• Prevent ships under navigational control from engaging in unsafe operations. · importance 4.9
• Serve as a vessel's docking master upon arrival at a port or at a berth. · importance 4.9
• Steer and operate vessels, using radios, depth finders, radars, lights, buoys, or lighthouses. · importance 4.8
• Operate ship-to-shore radios to exchange information needed for ship operations. · importance 4.7
• Dock or undock vessels, sometimes maneuvering through narrow spaces, such as locks. · importance 4.7
• Stand watches on vessels during specified periods while vessels are under way. · importance 4.6
• Inspect vessels to ensure efficient and safe operation of vessels and equipment and conformance to regulations. · importance 4.6
• Read gauges to verify sufficient levels of hydraulic fluid, air pressure, or oxygen. · importance 4.6
• Tow and maneuver barges or signal tugboats to tow barges to destinations. · importance 4.5
• Report to appropriate authorities any violations of federal or state pilotage laws. · importance 4.5
• Provide assistance in maritime rescue operations. · importance 4.5
• Signal passing vessels, using whistles, flashing lights, flags, or radios. · importance 4.4
• Measure depths of water, using depth-measuring equipment. · importance 4.4

See all tasks on the Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Consult maps, charts, weather reports, or navigation equipment to determine and direct ship movements.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-23805}
}