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