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