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