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