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