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Work profile of maritime pilots in Germany
Affiliations- Institute for Occupational and Maritime Medicine Hamburg (ZfAM), University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany
- Flensburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany
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Abstract
Long and irregular shifts, unforeseeable operations and high responsibility are still prominent in the job of a pilot and pose high psycho-physical demands. Furthermore, there is a disturbed work-family balance. Working hours of pilots are highly variable and not bound by regulations due to irregularities of vessel traffic. The pilots have to work in a shifting rotation system. This paper demonstrates the stressors during their work routine and shows the usual working profile of a pilot during their service.
Abstract
Long and irregular shifts, unforeseeable operations and high responsibility are still prominent in the job of a pilot and pose high psycho-physical demands. Furthermore, there is a disturbed work-family balance. Working hours of pilots are highly variable and not bound by regulations due to irregularities of vessel traffic. The pilots have to work in a shifting rotation system. This paper demonstrates the stressors during their work routine and shows the usual working profile of a pilot during their service.
Keywords
pilot; work profile; stressors
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Work profile of maritime pilots in Germany
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Article type
Review article
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275-277
Published online
2020-12-30
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Bibliographic record
IMH 2020;71(4):275-277.
Keywords
pilot
work profile
stressors
Authors
Marcus Oldenburg
Lukas Belz
Filip Barbarewicz
Volker Harth
Hans-Joachim Jensen
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