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Secure watercraft to docks, wharves or other vessels

This is physical, in-person work with real objects, tools, equipment and places that change from day to day. AI can't do it for you.

Part of Tend watercraft, under the O*NET work activity group Handling and Moving Objects. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 4 stays human).

Tasks built on this activity

• Secure boats to docks with mooring lines, and cast off lines to enable departure.Stays human Motorboat Operators
• Handle lines to moor vessels to wharfs, to tie up vessels to other vessels, or to rig towing lines.Stays human Sailors and Marine Oilers
• Attach ropes or cable lines to bitts on lock decks or wharfs to secure vessels.Stays human Bridge and Lock Tenders

Tasks where it is part of the work

• Tie barges together into tow units for tugboats to handle, inspecting barges periodically during voyages and disconnecting them when destinations are reached.Stays human Sailors and Marine Oilers