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