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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
- Canal Driver
- Barge Pilot
- Bar Pilot
- Area Relief Pilot
Tasks for “Ferry Pilot”
- Maintain or repair boats or equipment.
- Maintain ship logs.
- Provide assistance to vessels approaching or leaving seacoasts, navigating harbors, or docking and undocking.
- Provide assistance in maritime rescue operations.
- 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.
- Relieve crew members on tugs or launches.
- Advise ships' masters on harbor rules and customs procedures.
- Learn to operate new technology systems and procedures, through the use of instruction, simulators, or models.
- Oversee cargo storage on or below decks.
- 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.
- Serve as a vessel's docking master upon arrival at a port or when at a berth.
- Make nautical maps.
- Consult maps, charts, weather reports, or navigation equipment to determine and direct ship movements.
- 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.
- Operate ship-to-shore radios to exchange information needed for ship operations.
Related Technology & Tools
- Rescue slings
- Two way radios
- Navigational compasses
- Very high frequency VHF radiotelephone systems
- Mechanical pilot hoists
- Life jackets
- Cruise ships
- Global Navigation Satellite System GNSS
- Tugboats
- Global positioning systems GPS
- Surveillance binoculars
- Laptop computers
- Container ships
- Bulk carriers
- Safety harnesses
- Ferries
- Voyage management systems VMS
- Ship-to-shore radios
- Chemical tankers
- Wind gauges
- Oil tanker ships
- Immersion suits
- Pilot ladders
- Echo sounders
- Differential global positioning satellite DGPS positioning systems
- Personal computers
- Dynamic positioning DP systems
- Desktop computers
- Thermal protective aids TPA
- Integrated bridge systems
- Shipboard radar
- Electronic chart display and information systems ECDIS
- Navigational chart software
- Maptech The CAPN
- Log book software
- Jeppesen Marine Nobeltec Admiral