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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”
- Provide assistance in maritime rescue operations.
- Provide assistance to vessels approaching or leaving seacoasts, navigating harbors, or docking and undocking.
- 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.
- 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.
- Prevent ships under their navigational control from engaging in unsafe operations.
- Give directions to crew members who are steering ships.
- Make nautical maps.
- Maintain or repair boats or equipment.
- 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.
- Advise ships' masters on harbor rules and customs procedures.
- Maintain ship logs.
- Oversee cargo storage on or below decks.
- Serve as a vessel's docking master upon arrival at a port or when at a berth.
- Steer ships into or out of berths or signal tugboat captains to berth or unberth ships.
- Relieve crew members on tugs or launches.
Related Technology & Tools
- Thermal protective aids TPA
- Shipboard radar
- Two way radios
- Desktop computers
- Life jackets
- Personal computers
- Very high frequency VHF radiotelephone systems
- Container ships
- Bulk carriers
- Echo sounders
- Navigational compasses
- Voyage management systems VMS
- Pilot ladders
- Rescue slings
- Electronic chart display and information systems ECDIS
- Dynamic positioning DP systems
- Global Navigation Satellite System GNSS
- Oil tanker ships
- Chemical tankers
- Global positioning systems GPS
- Integrated bridge systems
- Mechanical pilot hoists
- Laptop computers
- Immersion suits
- Differential global positioning satellite DGPS positioning systems
- Ship-to-shore radios
- Ferries
- Cruise ships
- Surveillance binoculars
- Tugboats
- Safety harnesses
- Wind gauges
- Navigational chart software
- Jeppesen Marine Nobeltec Admiral
- Maptech The CAPN
- Log book software