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