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