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