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