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