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