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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 to vessels approaching or leaving seacoasts, navigating harbors, or docking and undocking.
- 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.
- Operate ship-to-shore radios to exchange information needed for ship 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.
- Prevent ships under their navigational control from engaging in unsafe operations.
- Oversee cargo storage on or below decks.
- Maintain ship logs.
- Steer ships into or out of berths or signal tugboat captains to berth or unberth ships.
- Serve as a vessel's docking master upon arrival at a port or when at a berth.
- Provide assistance in maritime rescue operations.
- Report to appropriate authorities any violations of federal or state pilotage laws.
- Direct courses and speeds of ships, based on specialized knowledge of local winds, weather, water depths, tides, currents, and hazards.
- Make nautical maps.
- Relieve crew members on tugs or launches.
- Maintain or repair boats or equipment.
- Give directions to crew members who are steering ships.
Related Technology & Tools
- Surveillance binoculars
- Echo sounders
- Global positioning systems GPS
- Oil tanker ships
- Chemical tankers
- Tugboats
- Ship-to-shore radios
- Personal computers
- Life jackets
- Wind gauges
- Cruise ships
- Ferries
- Electronic chart display and information systems ECDIS
- Container ships
- Mechanical pilot hoists
- Bulk carriers
- Pilot ladders
- Voyage management systems VMS
- Dynamic positioning DP systems
- Differential global positioning satellite DGPS positioning systems
- Very high frequency VHF radiotelephone systems
- Desktop computers
- Shipboard radar
- Global Navigation Satellite System GNSS
- Integrated bridge systems
- Laptop computers
- Thermal protective aids TPA
- Navigational compasses
- Immersion suits
- Two way radios
- Rescue slings
- Safety harnesses
- Jeppesen Marine Nobeltec Admiral
- Log book software
- Navigational chart software
- Maptech The CAPN