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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”
- Provide assistance to vessels approaching or leaving seacoasts, navigating harbors, or docking and undocking.
- Relieve crew members on tugs or launches.
- 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.
- Maintain or repair boats or equipment.
- Serve as a vessel's docking master upon arrival at a port or when at a berth.
- Maintain ship logs.
- 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.
- Steer ships into or out of berths or signal tugboat captains to berth or unberth ships.
- Make nautical maps.
- Oversee cargo storage on or below decks.
- Set ships' courses that avoid reefs, outlying shoals, or other hazards, using navigational aids, such as lighthouses or buoys.
- Give directions to crew members who are steering ships.
- Provide assistance in maritime rescue operations.
- Prevent ships under their navigational control from engaging in unsafe operations.
- Operate ship-to-shore radios to exchange information needed for ship operations.
Related Technology & Tools
- Shipboard radar
- Pilot ladders
- Differential global positioning satellite DGPS positioning systems
- Oil tanker ships
- Rescue slings
- Very high frequency VHF radiotelephone systems
- Dynamic positioning DP systems
- Navigational compasses
- Ferries
- Ship-to-shore radios
- Tugboats
- Laptop computers
- Safety harnesses
- Voyage management systems VMS
- Integrated bridge systems
- Global positioning systems GPS
- Surveillance binoculars
- Wind gauges
- Bulk carriers
- Mechanical pilot hoists
- Desktop computers
- Chemical tankers
- Electronic chart display and information systems ECDIS
- Immersion suits
- Life jackets
- Two way radios
- Cruise ships
- Personal computers
- Echo sounders
- Global Navigation Satellite System GNSS
- Container ships
- Thermal protective aids TPA
- Maptech The CAPN
- Navigational chart software
- Log book software
- Jeppesen Marine Nobeltec Admiral