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