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