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