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