Deckhand

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Deck helper is the functional or professional title for a seaman in sea and coastal shipping or in fishing on deck without training.

Deckhand theirs are deckhands to the deck hands and entrusted with various tasks. So z. For example, the deckhands take care of supporting and working activities, such as loading and unloading the ships or cleaning the ship and the cabins. They also carry out maintenance and repair work as instructed by specialists, such as B. derusting and corrosion protection of metal parts. Special training is not required to practice this profession, but you should be fit for sea ​​service .

literature

  • Wilfrid Bemm, Dierk Lindemann: Seemannsgesetz and collective wage agreement for German shipping. Becker 2003, ISBN 3-920-0795-82 .
  • Jochen Garrn: Manual for deckhands on traditional sailors. DSV-Verlag 2004, ISBN 3-884-1240-3X .
  • Jürgen Ruszkowski: CVs and experience reports of former sailors: Seemannsschicksale - Volume 2 in the maritime yellow series neobooks 2014, ISBN 3-847-6863-48 .

Individual evidence

  1. Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Order: Federal Labor Gazette, issues 6-12 Verlag Bundesminister für Arbeit und Sozialordnung 2001, pp. 13-16.
  2. (Deckhands over 18 years of age are usually called that)
  3. ^ Reich Ministry of Labor. Reich Statistical Office. Department for workers' statistics: Reichsarbeitsblatt, part 6. C. Heymann 1936.
  4. Deckhands , job description in Berufenet , Federal Employment Agency (PDF).