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Job Description
Command ships to steer them into and out of harbors, estuaries, straits, or sounds, or on rivers, lakes, or bays. Must be licensed by U.S. Coast Guard with limitations indicating class and tonnage of vessels for which license is valid and route and waters that may be piloted.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 53-5021.03
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Pilots, Ship”.
Also Known As…
- Pilots, Ship
- Towboat Pilot
- State Pilot
- Ship Pilot
- River Pilot
- Relief Docking Master
- Pilot
- Marine Pilot
- Harbor Pilot
- Docking Pilot
- Boat Pilot
- Towing Pilot
- Steamboat Pilot
- Speedboat Driver
- School Boat Driver
- Relief Pilot
- Package Line Relief Operator
- Master Pilot
- Maritime Pilot
- Ferryboat Pilot
- Ferry Pilot
- Canal Driver
- Barge Pilot
- Bar Pilot
Tasks for “Area Relief Pilot”
- Provide assistance in maritime rescue operations.
- Advise ships' masters on harbor rules and customs procedures.
- Set ships' courses that avoid reefs, outlying shoals, or other hazards, using navigational aids, such as lighthouses or buoys.
- Make nautical maps.
- Relieve crew members on tugs or launches.
- Learn to operate new technology systems and procedures, through the use of instruction, simulators, or models.
- Give directions to crew members who are steering ships.
- Direct courses and speeds of ships, based on specialized knowledge of local winds, weather, water depths, tides, currents, and hazards.
- Serve as a vessel's docking master upon arrival at a port or when at a berth.
- Steer ships into or out of berths or signal tugboat captains to berth or unberth ships.
- Provide assistance to vessels approaching or leaving seacoasts, navigating harbors, or docking and undocking.
- Maintain ship logs.
- Consult maps, charts, weather reports, or navigation equipment to determine and direct ship movements.
- Oversee cargo storage on or below decks.
- Report to appropriate authorities any violations of federal or state pilotage laws.
- Prevent ships under their navigational control from engaging in unsafe operations.
- Operate ship-to-shore radios to exchange information needed for ship operations.
- Maintain or repair boats or equipment.
Related Technology & Tools
- Electronic chart display and information systems ECDIS
- Ship-to-shore radios
- Mechanical pilot hoists
- Global positioning systems GPS
- Dynamic positioning DP systems
- Life jackets
- Surveillance binoculars
- Wind gauges
- Rescue slings
- Voyage management systems VMS
- Tugboats
- Laptop computers
- Shipboard radar
- Cruise ships
- Thermal protective aids TPA
- Container ships
- Differential global positioning satellite DGPS positioning systems
- Chemical tankers
- Navigational compasses
- Echo sounders
- Bulk carriers
- Safety harnesses
- Two way radios
- Very high frequency VHF radiotelephone systems
- Desktop computers
- Integrated bridge systems
- Oil tanker ships
- Global Navigation Satellite System GNSS
- Personal computers
- Ferries
- Immersion suits
- Pilot ladders
- Maptech The CAPN
- Jeppesen Marine Nobeltec Admiral
- Log book software
- Navigational chart software