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