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