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