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