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