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Senior deck. Your ticket, your tonnage and your watch record decide the first fifteen seconds.

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Which job are you going for?

WHAT A CAPTAIN LOOKS FOR

  • THE TICKET, TOP RIGHT

    Senior deck is read ticket first. OOW or Master with its tonnage sits in its own callout, where a captain's eye lands before anything else.

  • TONNAGE AND MILES

    GT commanded, crossings and the watch record are the numbers that size the job. They go on every vessel line, dated.

  • ISM AND SAFETY

    Safety is a programme you ran, not an adjective. Name the audits passed, the drills run and the paperwork that held.

Chief officer CV example

The CV on the sheet above, written out in full. Tom Mercer is an example crew member, not a real person.

Tom Mercer

Chief Officer

Page one

Nationality
British
Date of birth
18 Apr 1991
Based in
Antibes, France
Available
1 Oct 2026
Seeking
Rotational
Visas
B1/B2 to Feb 2029; Schengen: Residency; Australian working holiday visa held to 2027
Languages
English (native), French (conversational)
Driving licence
Full clean EU licence, category B
Smoker
Non-smoker
Tattoos
tattoo on lower left leg
Phone
+33 6 21 55 08 41
Email
tom.mercer@example.com

Profile

Chief officer with nine years on charter programmes from 45 to 88 metres, four Atlantic crossings and two full yard periods run to budget.

Certificates

  • Master 3000 GTValid to Nov 2029
  • STCW Basic Safety TrainingValid to May 2029
  • ENG1 medicalValid to Jan 2027
  • OOW (STCW II/1)Valid to Jun 2029
  • Master <500GTValid to Mar 2028
  • RYA YachtmasterValid to Sep 2027
  • Powerboat Level 2Issued Apr 2015
  • PWCIssued Apr 2015
  • PADI Dive CertificationIssued Feb 2016
  • GMDSS General Operator CertificateIssued Jun 2018
  • Ship Security OfficerValid to Nov 2031
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Yacht experience

  1. Chief Officer, M/Y Confidential, 88m

    Feb 2024 – Present · Private · 14 guests · 26 crew · Western Mediterranean, Northern Europe

    • Runs the deck watch bill and the ISM safety programme for 26 crew
    • Owns tender and toy operations across a 14-guest private programme
    • Delivered a nine-week refit in Bremen with no schedule slip

  2. Chief Officer, M/Y Neo, 52m

    Mar 2021 – Jan 2024 · Charter · 12 guests · 14 crew · Western Mediterranean, Caribbean

    • Second in command on a 20-week charter season, 14 crew
    • Two Atlantic crossings as navigator and passage planner
    • Ran the six-week La Ciotat yard period to budget

  3. Second Officer, S/Y Athena, 46m

    Apr 2018 – Feb 2021 · Private · 10 guests · 9 crew · Eastern Mediterranean, Adriatic

    • Held the 8-to-12 watch on a sail programme of 9 crew
    • Owned the tender operation and the deck maintenance schedule

  4. Bosun, M/Y Cordelia, 45m

    May 2016 – Mar 2018 · Private / charter · 10 guests · 11 crew · Bahamas, New England

    • Led a three-hand deck team through a dual private and charter season
    • Built the paint and varnish schedule the boat still runs

Work ashore

  1. RIB skipper, Poole

    Mar 2014 – Mar 2016

    Ran daily training runs and student assessments on a six-boat RIB fleet.

Education

  • OOW 3000GT (unlimited)

    Southampton, Jan 2019 – Jun 2019

  • Marine engineering diploma

    South Shields, Aug 2011 – Jun 2014

Skills and interests

Skills
Passage planning, ISM and ISPS compliance, Yard-period management, Crew mentoring, Tender and toy operations, Budget control
Watersports
Jet ski, Seabob, Wing foiling, Kite
Tenders
RYA Powerboat Level 2, commercially endorsed, up to 12m
Interests
Freediving, Cross-country skiing, Boatbuilding

References

  • Andrew Pike, Captain, M/Y Odessa

    +33 6 12 34 56 78 · andrew.pike@example.com

  • Marta Ferreira, Fleet manager

    +377 97 55 11 20 · m.ferreira@example.com

  • Ian Whitlock, Captain, S/Y Athena

    Contact on request

THE TICKETS THAT MATTER

Picked from the real ladder, dated, and set where agents look.

OOW (STCW II/1), Master under 500GT, Master 3000GT, GMDSS, HELM.

What a chief officer actually needs: the certificates, the sea time and how long each one lasts.

What a captain looks for in a chief officer CV

What does a captain read first on a chief officer CV?

Senior deck is read ticket first. OOW or Master with its tonnage sits in its own callout, where a captain's eye lands before anything else.

What numbers belong on a chief officer's vessel lines?

GT commanded, crossings and the watch record are the numbers that size the job. They go on every vessel line, dated.

How should safety work read on a chief officer CV?

Safety is a programme you ran, not an adjective. Name the audits passed, the drills run and the paperwork that held.

Which tickets go on a chief officer CV?

OOW (STCW II/1), Master under 500GT, Master 3000GT, GMDSS, HELM. Everything that has an expiry gets both dates. Everything that does not gets the year it was issued. What certificates go on a yacht CV.

How long should a chief officer CV be?

A yacht CV is two pages because that is what gets read. A third page reads as poor judgement about what matters. The two-page rule for yacht CVs.

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