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