Electro-Technical Officer (ETO) - Job description. What is this? Example of a marine electrical engineer job description

In the maritime industry, ETO stands for Electro-Technical Officer. This is a specialized crew member responsible for maintaining and managing all electrical, electronic, and automation systems on board a vessel. An ETO job description outlines the duties, skills, and qualifications required for this critical role.

Who Is an Electro-Technical Officer?

An Electro-Technical Officer (ETO) is a shipboard engineer who ensures that all electrical and electronic equipment operates safely and efficiently. Unlike traditional marine engineers who focus on mechanical systems, the ETO deals primarily with electrical power, control systems, and advanced technology.

Types of cargo ships

Cargo ships may be of two types: a) dry-cargo ships and b) tankers.

Dry-cargo ships are divided into the following classes: general cargo ships, bulk cargo ships (ore carriers, coal carriers, grain carriers), container's ships, timber carriers; refrigerators.

Tankers usually carry liquid cargoes such as oil products, spirits, wine, fresh water and the like. In some cases the tankers may carry grain and sugar in their tanks. Besides there are special vessels which do auxiliary service. They are tugs for towing ships, salvage vessels, icebreakers, dredgers, barges and lighters, fishing and whaling vessels.

Sea-going vessels are also classed according to the kind of propelling machinery into:
motorvessels, steamships, turbine-driven ships, electric-driven ships (turbine-electric ships and diesel-electric ships) and atomic- driven ships.