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