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