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