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