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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”
- Make nautical maps.
- Oversee cargo storage on or below decks.
- Relieve crew members on tugs or launches.
- Learn to operate new technology systems and procedures, through the use of instruction, simulators, or models.
- Consult maps, charts, weather reports, or navigation equipment to determine and direct ship movements.
- Maintain ship logs.
- Operate ship-to-shore radios to exchange information needed for ship operations.
- Maintain or repair boats or equipment.
- 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.
- Provide assistance to vessels approaching or leaving seacoasts, navigating harbors, or docking and undocking.
- Set ships' courses that avoid reefs, outlying shoals, or other hazards, using navigational aids, such as lighthouses or buoys.
- Provide assistance in maritime rescue operations.
- Advise ships' masters on harbor rules and customs procedures.
- Steer ships into or out of berths or signal tugboat captains to berth or unberth ships.
- Prevent ships under their navigational control from engaging in unsafe operations.
- Report to appropriate authorities any violations of federal or state pilotage laws.
- Serve as a vessel's docking master upon arrival at a port or when at a berth.
Related Technology & Tools
- Oil tanker ships
- Tugboats
- Shipboard radar
- Thermal protective aids TPA
- Differential global positioning satellite DGPS positioning systems
- Pilot ladders
- Two way radios
- Ship-to-shore radios
- Voyage management systems VMS
- Cruise ships
- Dynamic positioning DP systems
- Global positioning systems GPS
- Ferries
- Surveillance binoculars
- Rescue slings
- Personal computers
- Global Navigation Satellite System GNSS
- Echo sounders
- Navigational compasses
- Immersion suits
- Electronic chart display and information systems ECDIS
- Very high frequency VHF radiotelephone systems
- Safety harnesses
- Mechanical pilot hoists
- Life jackets
- Wind gauges
- Chemical tankers
- Desktop computers
- Bulk carriers
- Laptop computers
- Integrated bridge systems
- Container ships
- Log book software
- Maptech The CAPN
- Navigational chart software
- Jeppesen Marine Nobeltec Admiral