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