MGDS Vocabulary Terms: role_id

Bosun:Core
Captain
Consultant:Survey
Coordinator:MarineScience, LDEO position - coordinates pre-cruise and post-cruise logistics.
Coordinator:PointOfContact
Crew
Curator
Educator:K-12
Engineer, Generic term for an engineer (mechanical, electrical).
Engineer:AUV, Part of the AUV operations group - responsible for maintenance and repair of AUV.
Engineer:AUV:Chief, Lead AUV Engineer
Engineer:Chief, Head of the ship's engine department.
Engineer:HOV, Part of the HOV operations group. Responsible for maintenance and repair of HOV.
Engineer:Port
Engineer:ROV, ROV operational engineer.
Engineer:Seismic, Engineer responsible for maintenance and repair of seismic equipment.
Engineer:Sonar, Engineer responsible for maintenance and repair of sonar equipment.
Manager:ComputerSystems, Computer system admin and management
Manager:Data, Responsible for all aspects of data management.
Manager:Data:ROV, Responsible for all aspects of data management during ROV operations.
Navigator, Responsible for navigation
Navigator:ROV, Responsible for various aspects of ROV navigation.
Navigator:Sonar, Responsible for navigation associated with sonar surveys. Particularly important with towed sonar systems.
Observer, A person whose primary role during a cruise is to observe operations.
Observer:Engineering
Observer:Geophysics
Observer:HOV, Responsible for directing and observing HOV operations during a dive.
Observer:MarineMammal
Observer:MarineMammal:Chief, Lead marine mammal observer.
Observer:Official, An official observer representing a government.  The country should be indicated in the specialty field of entry_person_map.
Officer:NOAACorp
Officer:Radio
Outreach, Generic term for person involved with outreach efforts
Outreach:Education
Outreach:Photographer
Outreach:ScienceWriter
Passenger
Pilot:HOV, Submersible pilot
Pilot:HOV:Chief, Expedition Leader for cruises with HOV programs
Pilot:ROV, ROV pilot
Pilot:ROV:Chief, Expedition Leader for cruises with ROV programs
Scientist
Scientist:Chief, Chief Scientist on a research cruise, Party Chief for a land program, or lead on a Compilation.
Scientist:Co-Chief, Shares Chief Scientist duties (generally at sea), but is secondary to the Chief Scientist.
Scientist:Investigator:Co-Principal, Co-Principal Investigator
Scientist:Investigator:Principal, Principal Investigator
Scientist:Postdoctoral
Student
Student:Graduate
Student:Undergraduate
Technician, Generic term for technicians whose expertise is unknown.
Technician:Airgun, Responsible for airgun operations.
Technician:Airgun:Chief, The identified head of the airgun operations party
Technician:Computer, For example person sailing as the IT on LDEO vessels
Technician:Core, Coring technician
Technician:Data, Includes data processors and data reductionists
Technician:Data:Sonar, Responsible for sonar data processing and/or reduction.
Technician:Deck, Member of the deck crew.
Technician:Diver
Technician:Electronics, Responsible for repair and maintenance of electronic equipment.
Technician:Laboratory, Marine Science Technicians on NBP, HLY, LMG. Handle lab chemicals, lab waste products and general lab management.
Technician:Laboratory:Chief, Lead Marine Science Technician on HLY, NBP, LMG
Technician:Lead, Includes WHOI SSSGs, Scripps ResTechs, UW Lead Technicians, NBP/LMG MarineProgramCoordinators, EW/RC/Langseth ScienceOfficers, and HLY MarineScienceOfficers
Technician:MCS, Responsible for operation and maintenance of MCS equipment.
Technician:OBS, Responsible for operation, repair and maintenance of OBS.
Technician:ROV, ROV Technician
Technician:Science, Broad category to capture the role of science officer, res tech, technician-in-charge, SSSG
Technician:Science:Chief, A high-up person who has wider-ranging responsibilities than those in the Technician:Science category. For example, the head of a shipboard technical services unit.
Technician:Seismic, Responsible for operating seismic equipment.
Technician:Sonar, Responsible for operating sonar system
Technician:Sound
Technician:Surveyor, Surveyor
Technician:Videographer, Acquires video footage
Unknown, Role is unknown
Volunteer
Volunteer:Doctor
Watchstander, Stands a regular watch over some aspect of scientific data acquisition.