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