How to become a ship or Ship tank cleaner

Official title: Ship/Ship tank cleaner

Also called: Boat cleaner, Ship cleaner, Ship tank cleaner

Ship/Ship tank cleaner cleans water, fuel, cargo and bilge tanks on ships using hoses, chemical solvents and specialised equipment.

Main tasks

• Cleaning stone walls, metal surfaces and fascias using high pressure water cleaners and solvents
• Applying chemicals and high pressure cleaning methods to remove micro-organisms from water and filtration systems and using wet vacuums and other suction equipment to remove scale, accumulated dirt and other deposits from swimming pools, cooling tower components and drains

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

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• Aircraft cleaner
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Questions people ask

Will AI change the work of a ship or Ship tank cleaner?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026